Co-operation

Budget: €32 billion

Under the programme “Co-operation”, research support will be provided to international co-operation projects across the European Union and beyond. In 10 thematic areas, corresponding to major fields in science and research, the programme will 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.

 Co-operation supports research actions in the following 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

   The Co-operation budget has been broken down as illustrated below:

Information from the “FP7 Factsheets” provided courtesy of the EC’s DG Research

The Co-operation workprogramme is comprised of several parts. The general texts, which are common to all themes, are available for download below. All of these general texts should be considered alongside the theme specific text when preparing any proposal.

Introduction

Annexes