• WHO can participate?

• WHEN can you submit a project?

• WHAT are the budgets, funding schemes, research themes?

• HOW can you participate, how to start, how to prepare?

The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) is designed to support a wide range of participants: from universities, through public authorities to small enterprises and researchers in developing countries.

Who can participate?

• Private companies – such as small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), private research institutes or other industrial participants.
• Public organisations – for example, public universities, regional authorities, public research organisations (PROs).
• Individual researchers – from both the public and private sectors.

Researchers and organisations outside the European Union – whether from Candidate Countries, Associated States, developing countries, emerging economies or industrial nations.