ERA NET
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME AND ERA-NET PROGRAMME
The Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7)
is the European Union's chief instrument for funding research over the period 2007 to 2013.
FP7 is divided into four programmes:
Cooperation - supports all types of research activities carried out by different research
bodies in transnational cooperation and aims to gain or consolidate leadership in key scientific and
technology areas. The Cooperation programme is sub-divided into ten themes.
Ideas - investigator driven basic research;
People - strengthening the human potential in research;
Capacities - aims to enhance research and innovation capacities.
The objective of the ERA-NET scheme is to step up the cooperation and coordination of
research activities carried out at national or regional level in the Member States and Associated States through:
- the networking of research activities conducted at national or regional level
- the mutual opening of national and regional research programmes.
ERA-NET Programmes
- are concentrated on coordination regional and national research programmes;
- are not aimed for researchers but for organizations, which are responsible for funding and coordination of research (e.g. ministries and science foundations);
- emphasize long-term cooperation.
PARTICIPATION OF THE CZECH SCIENCE FOUNDATION IN ERA-NET PROJECT
Within the framework of programme Capacity the Czech Science Foundation is
involved in ERA-Instruments programme with title: Infrastructure Funding in Life Sciences.
More information about the project can be found at www.era-instruments.eu
Czech Science Foundation participates in activities within the framework of the project. The GACR took part in three conferences. The first opening conference ERA-Instruments kick-off was organized by the Spanish partner in April 2008. The second Stake-holders views took part in Greece in October 2008. The third one Made in the EU was held in July 2009 in the United Kingdom.
Czech Science Foundation hosted Coordination Board Meeting, meeting of all participants, in Prague during 23 and 24 February 2009. The first year of ERA-Instruments project and tasks for future were discussed at this meeting.
The fourth workshop Coordination will take place in Vienna from 25 to 27 May 2010. The objectives of the meeting are to provide status reports for each work package, to review the development and outcomes of the ERA-Net during its second year, to reflect on the progress of tasks towards meeting the requirements of the ERA-Net, and to provide an update on planned activities. The detailed agenda can be found here.