Cooperation - Collaborative research   
• 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   
• Security   
• Space   
Ideas - European Research Council   
• Frontier research actions   
People - Human Potential, Marie Curie actions   
• Initial training of researchers - Marie Curie Networks   
• Life-long training and career development - Individual fellowships   
• Industry-academia pathways and partnerships   
• International dimension - outgoing and incoming fellowships,   
international cooperation scheme, reintegration grants   
• Excellence Awards   
Capacities - Research capacities   
• Research infrastructures   
• Research for the benefit of SMEs   
• Regions of Knowledge   
• Research Potential   
• Science in Society   
• Support to the coherent development of research policies   
• Specific activities of international cooperation   
Nuclear research and training   
• Fusion energy - ITER   
• Nuclear fission and radiation protection   
Joint Research Centre   
• Direct actions in Euratom   
• Non-nuclear actions 
         

FP7 is the EU's main instrument for funding research in Europe and it will run   
from 2007 to 2013.   
   
FP7 is designed to respond to Europe’s employment needs and competitiveness.  FP7 supports research in selected priority areas - the aim being to make, or 
keep, the EU as a world leader in those sectors.  How is FP7 made up?  FP7 is made up of 4 main blocks of activities forming 4 specific programmes plus a fifth specific 
  
programme on nuclear research (see topics above). 
         

Open to korganisations in the EU 25 and EEA countries associated with the FP7 (e.g. Norway, Finalnd).  Particpation is also open to third countries, but usually 
on a self-funding basis.