FP7 IN A NUTSHELL FP7 is the short name for the Seventh Framework Program for Research and Technological Development.

2. FP7 IN A NUTSHELL • FP7 is the short name for the Seventh Framework Program for Research and Technological Development. • This is the EU's main instrument for funding research in Europe and it will run from 2007 to 2013. • The EC budget for the next seven years is € 50.5 billion. Overall, this represents a 41% increase from FP6 at 2004 prices and 63% at current prices. • FP7 is also designed to respond to Europe’s employment needs and competitiveness. • FP7 supports research in selected priority areas - the aim being to make, or keep, the EU as a world leader in those sectors.

3. Framework Programmes Budget Annual budget in € billionin current prices

5. How is FP7 made up? • FP7 is made up of 4 main blocks of activities forming 4 specific programs plus 2 additional specific initiatives • Cooperation • Collaborative research • Ideas • European Research Council • People • Human Potential • Marie Curie actions • Excellence Awards • Capacities • Research capacities • Euratom • Nuclear research and training • JRC • Joint Research Centre

7. Cooperation • Budget: €32 billion • Research support will be provided to international cooperation • projects across the European Union and beyond. • 10 thematic areas will be emphasized, corresponding to major • fields in science and research, in order to promote the • progress of knowledge and technology. • Research will be supported and strengthened to address • European social, economic, environmental, public health and • industrial challenges, serve the public good and support • developing countries.

8. Cooperation 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 Humanities • • Space • Security

10. Ideas • Budget: €7.4 billion • Hosts all activities that are to be implemented by the • European Research Council (ERC). • ERC is expected to develop high-level frontier research • at a European level, building on excellence in Europe and • raising it profile at the international level. • ERC will support the best science & scholarship across all • fields of research through open and direct competition. • It is expected to make Europe more attractive to leading • scientists from both Europe and third countries, as well as for • industrial investment.

11. Ideas: ERC grants that will be available Two types of, both operating on a "bottom-up" basis without predetermined priorities, across all fields of research: • Starting Research Grants to support independent careers of outstanding researchers located in or moving to the EU and associated countries, and are at the stage of establishing their first research team or program, whatever their nationality. • ERC Advanced Research Grants to support excellent frontier projects proposed by leading established researchers across the EU member states and associated countries, whatever their nationality.

12. People • Budget: €4.7 billion • The “People” programs (Marie Curie actions) are oriented towards: • encouraging individuals to enter the profession of research • structuring their research training by offering options • offering mobility within the same sector • encouraging European researchers to stay in Europe • attracting the best researchers in the world by excellence in • European research and infrastructures.

13. People actions (1/2) Initial Training Networks (ITN) offer early-stage researchers opportunity to improve research skills, join established research teams and enhance their career prospects Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) help commercial and non-commercial research organizations work together. Partners include universities and companies of all shapes and sizes Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEFs) are specifically aimed at helping experienced researchers to try something new for a while International Incoming Fellowships (IIFs) are designed to encourage Top-class researchers from Third Countries to work on projects in Europe.

14. People actions (2/2) Int. Outgoing Fellowships in Career Development (IOFs) help European researchers learn from conducting high level research in other parts of the world and then to come back European Reintegration Grants (ERGs) help researchers re-enter long-term research employment as soon as possible after their training The New Int. Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) helps research organizations set up or strengthen long-term cooperation with others, through a coordinated exchange program for their staff Researchers’ Nights throughout Europe (28 European countries were involved in 2007) is set out to bring young students & the public closer to the world of research.

15. Capacities • Budget: €4.2 billion • Aims to optimize use & development of research infrastructures & enhance capacities of SMEs to: • •benefit from research • • support regional research-driven clusters • •unlock the research potential in the EU’s convergence • and outermost regions • •provide support for horizontal actions and measures • underlining international cooperation • •bring closer European Science to Society

16. Capacities: operates in seven broad areas: • • Creating Centers of Excellence for Research and Training • • Facilitating Public-Private partnerships in research for the • benefit of SMEs • • Regions of knowledge and support for regional research- • driven clusters • • Research potential of Convergence Regions • • Science in society • • Support to the coherent development of research policies • International co-operation.

17. Euroatom • Budget: €2.2 billion (2007-11) • Two 5 year specific programs are planned forThe European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom): • • Fusion energy research, with the objective of developing • the technology for a safe, sustainable, environmentally • responsible and economically viable energy source • Nuclear fission and radiation protection with the objective • of enhancing in particular the safety performance, resource • efficiency and cost-effectiveness of nuclear fission and other • uses of radiation in industry and medicine

18. Euroatom: Activities • Fusion Energy Research will include: • the realization of ITER (as an intrnl research infrastructure) • research & development of the ITER operation • the technology activities in preparation of DEMO • preparation of an international Fusion Materials Irradiation • Facility (IFMIF) • Nuclear fission and radiation protection will include: • management of radioactive waste • reactor systems • radiation protection • infrastructures • Human resources, mobility and training

19. Joint Research Centre (JRC) • Budget: €517 m • Mission of JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and • technical support for the conception, development, • implementation and monitoring of European Union policies • It comprises 7 research Institutes in 5 EU Member States • 1.The Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Ispra, Italy. • 2. The Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC), • Ispra, Italy. • 3. The Institute for Reference Materials & Measurements (IRMM), Geel, • Belgium. • 4. The Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU), Karlsruhe, Germany. • 5. The Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP), Ispra, Italy. • 6. The Institute for Energy (IE), Petten, The Netherlands. • 7. The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Seville, • Spain.

20. RECAP • FP7 is made up of 4 main blocks of activities forming 4 specific programs plus 2 additional specific initiatives • Cooperation • Collaborative research • Ideas • European Research Council • People • Human Potential • Marie Curie actions • Excellence Awards • Capacities • Research capacities • Euratom • Nuclear research and training • JRC • Joint Research Centre

21. Cooperation: eligible countries • Member States - The EU-27 • Associated Countries – that contribute to the framework • program budget with science & technology agreements • Candidate Countries – currently recognized as • candidates for future accession • Third Countries (International Cooperation Partner • Countries - ICPC)-participation of organizations/individuals • established in non Member, Candidates or Associated States • Exceptions: USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia, • New Zealand

22. Cooperation: principles and participation • • The basic principle of funding in FP7 is co-financing • The Commission does not “purchase” research services by • placing contracts and paying a price • It gives grants to projects, thus contributing a certain % to the • overall costs • Maximum reimbursement rates to the costs of a project • depend on the funding scheme, the legal status of the • participants and the type of activity • In order to participate,at least 3 independent legal entities • from different MS or associated countries are required

23. Cooperation: funding scheme • Standard reimbursement rate for companies involved in research and technological development activities is 50% • Certain legal entities can receive up to 75% (non-profit public bodies, SME’s, research organizations, higher education establishments) • For demonstration activities, the reimbursement rate may reach 50% • For other activities (consortium management, networking, training, coordination, dissemination), the reimbursement can be up to 100% of the eligible costs • The 100% rate applies also to frontier research actions under the European Research Council.

24. Cooperation: How does it Work? • The EU publishes call for proposals in specific dates with strict deadlines for submission • Companies, Universities and Research Centres prepare and incubate several project ideas targeting specific business needs • Interested partners build the consortium and develop the proposal for the call • EU experts evaluate the proposals and fund the best ones • The accepted project proposals are invited to the negotiation process EU Evaluates Proposals Negotiation IPR Agreement Funded Research Project Starts EU FP7 Firms & Universities Yes Accepted? FP7 Consortium Building and Proposal Development FP7 Call for Proposals Published & Open

26. Energy • Budget: € 2.3 billion • Energy systems are confronted with major challenges: • the urgency to identify and develop adequate and timely • solutions due to the alarming trends in global energy demand • the finite nature of conventional oil and natural gas reserves • the need to dramatically curb greenhouse gas emissions. • These actions would effectively: • mitigate the devastating consequences of climate change • the damaging volatility of oil prices (in particular for the • heavily oil-dependent transport sector) • geopolitical instability in supplier regions.

27. Energy: what's the benefit for citizens? • More affordable energy costs. • Reduce the causes of climate change • Energy: what's the benefit for researchers? • Transform current energy system into a more sustainable • one, making it less dependent on imported fuels. • Have diverse mix of energy sources, in particular renewabl • ones, energy carriers and non-polluting sources. • Energy efficiency, which includes rationalizing use & storage • of energy, will be enhanced, thus addressing the pressing • challenges of security of supply and climate change.

28. Energy: research activities •Hydrogen and fuel cells • Renewable electricity generation • Renewable fuel production • Renewables for heating and cooling • CO2 capture and storage technologies for zero emission power generation • Clean coal technologies • Smart energy networks • Energy efficiency and savings • Knowledge for energy policy making

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33. Energy: What's the benefit for industry and SMEs? • Development of world leadership in a number of energy • generation and energy efficiency technologies. • Pioneer in modern renewable energy technologies, such as • solar energy, bio- and wind energy. • Global competitors in power generation and distribution • technologies • Strong research capacity in the area of carbon capture and • sequestration.

34. Environment (including climate change) Budget: € 1.8 billion The challenges posed by the increasing natural and man-made pressures on the environment and its resources require a coordinated approach at pan-European and international levels.

35. Environment: what's the benefit for citizens? • better understand and cope with climate change issues • identify environmentally friendly technologies in order to • improve management of natural and man-made resources • address sustainability impact assessments of EU policies • follow up the Kyoto & post-Kyoto actions on climate change. • Environment: what’s the benefit for researchers • to fundamentally develop new: • environmental technologies • environmental tools • environmental services

36. Environment: activities • Climate change, pollution and risks • • Pressures on environment and climate • • Environment and health • • Natural hazards • Sustainable Management of Resources • • Conservation and sustainable management of natural and man-made • resources and biodiversity • • Management of marine environment • Environmental Technologies • • Environmental technologies for observation, simulation, prevention, • mitigation, adaptation, remediation and restoration of the natural and • man-made environment • • Protection, conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage • • Technology assessment, verification and testing • Earth observation and assessment tools • • Earth and ocean observation systems, monitoring methods for the • environment and sustainable development • • Forecasting methods & assessment tools for sustainable development

37. Environment: What's benefit for industry & SME’s? • Strengthening EU position in world markets for environmental • technologies while protecting cultural and natural heritage • The development, introduction to the market and subsequent • application of technologies related with: • water supply and sanitation • sustainable chemistry • construction • forestry

38. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Canadian/International Constituency International Committee November 13,2009

39. REFERENCE SOURCE CORDIS Information and tools for participants in EU-funded R&D programmes, including the Seventh Framework Programme. www.cordis.europa.eu www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7