FP7 Calls 2013 are published!

European research and innovation efforts are set to receive a significant increase in funding with the announcement of the largest set of calls for proposals ever under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Worth a total of EUR 8.1 billion, projects funded by these calls are open to organisations and businesses in all EU Member States, FP7 partner states and specifically eligible countries.

Specific areas and topics that will besupported in this round of calls for proposals touch many aspects of daily life, including:

• climate change;
• industrial innovation connected with piloting, demonstration, standardisation and technology transfer; 
• research training and mobility around the European Union and further abroad; 
• sustainable growth in the marine and maritime sectors; 
• technologies for urban areas and cities; 
• combating the threat of drug-resistant bacteria; 
• innovative solutions for managing fresh water resources; 
• sustainable supply of raw materials to the EU; 
• efficiency in the processing of biological resources; 
• safe and plentiful food; 
• bio-based products and processes; 
• new approaches to delivering public services and public policy; 
• sustainable, low-carbon urban environments; 
• energy supply and volatility;
• combating diseases of the brain like Alzheimer's, depression and schizophrenia; 
• mission-critical space technologies dealing with exploration missions, space weather, space debris and collision threats; 
• post-disaster (natural or man-made) crisis management; 
• information and communication technologies (ICT) in health-, material- and neuro-sciences and neuro-robotics;
• and more...

Source: CORDIS

To see the official call announcements, please consult:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/fp7_calls

As always, we are screening the various Work Programmes to identify relevant topics for our project ideas. Feel free to use this platform to exchange ideas and find suitable partners for your projects!