Towards the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)

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Towards the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)
European Commission Research DG
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History of EU support for Research
Infrastructures

• In FP2 and FP3 Transnational access
• In FP4 and FP5 Networks and RTD projects
• In FP6
• Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives
• Design Studies
• Construction of new Infrastructures

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FP6 support for new Research Infrastructures

• 19 Design Studies (DS)
• 9 Construction of New Infrastructures (CNI)
• total EU support for DS/CNI 120 Mio.
• duration of FP6 2002-2006

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Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)

• Commissions proposal 6 April 2005
• ? Now debated by Member States (Council ) and
  European Parliament
• ? adoption June 2006 ?
• Duration 7 years ( 2007 to 2013 )
• Budget 72,7 billion euro
• Organised in 4 specific programmes

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FP7 2007 2013 Specific Programmes
1. Cooperation ? Collaborative trans-national
research activities
2. Ideas ? Basic research implemented through
a European Research Council (ERC)
3. People ? Marie Curie actions and other
initiatives

• Capacities ? Research infrastructures, regions
  of
• knowledge, science and society, international
  cooperation,

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1. Cooperation programme

• Support research activities carried out in
  trans-national cooperation
• Funding schemes
• - Collaborative projects
• - Networks of Excellence
• - Coordination and support actions
• - Joint Technology iniatives
• Structured in 9 thematic areas

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1. Cooperation programme

• Thematic areas
• Health
• Food, agriculture and biotechnology
• Information and communication technologies
• Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new
  production technologies
• Energy
• Environment (including climate change)
• Transport (including aeronautics)
• Socio-economic sciences and the humanities
• Security and space

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2. Ideas programme

• Support to cutting-edge research carried out by
  individual research teams competing at European
  level
• Implemented independently of the rest of the
  Framework Programme by an autonomous European
  Research Council (ERC)

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3. People programme

• Support individual researchers to strengthen
  European human research potential
• - Initial training of researchers
• - lifelong training and career development
• - Industry-Academia Scheme
• - International Cooperation Scheme

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4. Capacities programme

• Support the optimum use and the development of
  Research infrastructures,
• Strengthen the research potential of European
  regions,
• Develop the research potential in the EUs
  convergence regions,
• Science and Society issues,
• International cooperation,
• Support to SMEs,

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Research Infrastructures
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Construction of new infrastructures

• A two-stage process
• The preparatory phase
• restricted calls targeting priority projects
  (based on the work of ESFRI)
• To support construction plans, legal
  organisation, management structure
• The construction phase
• Developed following the satisfactory
  implementation of the first phase

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FP7 Budget
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FP7 Timetable