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Framework
Programme 7 |
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FP7, the EU's chief instrument for funding scientific
research and technological development over the period 2007 to 2013, is one of
the most important elements in realizing the Lisbon agenda for growth and
competitiveness. The Commission's proposals for the Seventh Framework
Programme, will now go through the co-decision procedure for approval and
adoption by the European Parliament and Council.
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The specific
programs of the FP7 are:
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Cooperation -
Collaborative research |
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Ideas - Frontier
Research |
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People - Human
Potential |
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Capacities -
Research Capacity |
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JRC (non-nuclear) |
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JRC (nuclear) |
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Euratom |
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Three of the objectives,
Collaborative research, Technology Initiatives and Coordination of National
Programmes, are addressed by a single programme called Cooperation:
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Collaborative
research
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European
Excellence Creating European poles of excellence through trans-national
collaboration between laboratories in research centres, universities and
companies. The Networks of Excellence, instruments already in use in the
current framework programme (FP6), are designed to contribute to this goal. The
collaborative research aspect will be divided vertically into sub-programmes
for each of the nine themes. |
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Joint Technology
Initiatives and Technology Platforms |
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Launching
European technological initiatives in promising industrial sectors. Based on
'Technology Platforms', these will bring together all stakeholders from a
specific area (e.g. research organisations, industry, funding bodies,
administrations and user groups) to define a common, long-term research agenda.
The idea is to mobilise a critical mass of, national and European, public and
private resources.
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Coordination
between national research programmes |
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Improving the
coordination of national research programmes and the cooperation between
European intergovernmental research organisations and the EU. The following
actions are foreseen to promote cooperation:
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ERA-NET+ scheme |
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introduction of new
initiatives by the use of the Article 169
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Each
of the other three objectives is addressed by a specific programme:
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Ideas |
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A European
Research Council to support frontier research Stimulating basic, or 'frontier'
research through open competition between individual research teams at a
European level. Open competition will be supervised by a 'European Research
Council', which will select projects for funding on the basis of their
scientific excellence. Projects will have no obligation for trans-national
collaboration but will be assessed by peer review.
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People |
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Human potential
and science careers The programme will reinforce existing 'Marie Curie actions'
for support to researchers, focusing better on key aspects of skills and career
development, increasing mobility between universities and industry, and
strengthening links with national systems.
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Capacities |
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Research infrastructures, SMEs
and potential Developing research infrastructures of European interest, as well
as addressing the specific needs of SMEs, regions, 'Science in Society' and
international cooperation. |
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For information on FP7 you can visit the Community
Research and Development Information Service www.cordis.lu
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