Europe dedicated €7 billion to research and innovation for 2012, via Framework Programme Seven (FP7)

July has seen the opening of over 60 new  FP7 Calls for Proposals for funding cutting-edge research and innovation project. The Work Programme for 2012 with about €7 billion is the European Commission’s biggest ever funding package under the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7). It is expected to create around 174 000 jobs in the short-term and nearly 450 000 jobs and nearly €80 billion in GDP growth over 15 years.  Calls for Proposals include:

• Health / 3 open calls

• Information and Communication Technologies / 5 open calls

• Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies – NMP / 8 open calls

• Energy / 6 open calls

• Environment (including Climate Change) / 4 open calls

• Transport (including Aeronautics) / 8 open calls

• Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology / 2 open calls

• General Activities / 1 open call

• Socio-economic sciences and Humanities / 3 open calls

• Space / 1 open calls

• Security / 1 open calls

• Joint Technology Initiatives / 5 open calls

• European Research Council / 4 calls

• Marie Curie Actions / 6 calls

• Research Infrastructures / 1 open calls

• Research for the benefit of SMEs / 1 open calls

• Regions of Knowledge / 1 open calls

• Research Potential / 1 open calls

• Science in Society / 1 open calls

• Support for the coherent development of research policies / 1 open calls

• Activities of International Cooperation / 2 open calls

For more details visit the new official source for FP7 calls for proposals, the Participant Portal.

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