COOPERATION
 

The specific programme on 'Cooperation' supports all types of research activities carried out by different research bodies in trans-national cooperation and aims to gain or consolidate leadership in key scientific and technology areas.

FP7 allocates EUR 32 413 million to the Cooperation programme. The budget will be devoted to supporting cooperation between universities, industry, research centres and public authorities throughout the EU and beyond.

The Cooperation programme is sub-divided into ten distinct themes. Each theme is operationally autonomous but aims to maintain coherence within the Cooperation Programme and allowing for joint activities cutting across different themes, through, for example, joint calls.

The ten identified themes reflect the most important fields of knowledge and technology where research excellence is particularly important to improve Europe’s ability to address its social, economic, public health, environmental and industrial challenges of the future. Their continued relevance will be guaranteed by relying on a number of sources from the research sector, including the European Technology Platforms (ETP). Important themes identified in the Strategic Research Agendas (SRAs) developed by the ETPs are therefore covered by the Cooperation programme.

Across all these themes, support to trans-national cooperation will be implemented through.

• Collaborative research
• Coordination of national research programmes
• Joint Technology Initiatives
• Technology Platforms

Themes :

• Health
• Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology
• Information & communication technologies
• Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials & new production technologies
• Energy
• Environment (including Climate Change)
• Transport (including aeronautics)
• Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities
• Space
• Security

Further information :

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/cooperation/home_en.html