Capacities

Budget: €4.2 billion

The “Capacities” programme aims to optimise the use and development of research infrastructures, while enhancing the innovative capacities of SMEs to benefit from research. The programme is designed to support regional research-driven clusters and at the same time unlock the research potential in the EU’s convergence and outermost regions. Support is to be provided for horizontal actions and measures underlining international co-operation. Finally, European society and science should be brought closer under the initiatives of the “Capacities” programme.

“Capacities” will operate in seven broad areas:

• Research infrastructures;
• 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.

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

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

Introduction

Annexes 1-3