BREAKDOWN ANALYSIS

 

OF

 

EUROPEAN FUNDING PROGRAMMES 2007-2013

 

 

 

North Sea Commission - Innovation & Education Group

 

 

 

     Funding Programme                                        Short Description and link to website

CIP

Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, mainly for projects for SME’s. The website provides an overview of all the current and future calls for proposals, guidelines, rules of participation etc. 

http://cordis.europa.eu/innovation/en/policy/cip.htm

CORDIS

The website integrates all the EU research programmes, their guidelines, rules of participation, calls for proposals etc., also for CIP and FP7.

http://cordis.europa.eu/news/calls_en.html

DG Education and Culture, European Commission

The following website gives an overview of all the current and future calls for proposals, guidelines, rules of participation etc.

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/calls/grants_en.html and  http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/calls/callg_en.html

Furthermore there is a general website which gives an overview of the new programme period ’07-‘13 and the new targets for these programmes:  http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/newprog/index_en.html

Direct links to the various programme websites:

-         Tempus, for mobility in university studies, see also  http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/tempus/index_en.html

-         Comenius, for school partnerships, networks and exchanges of teachers. Website: http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/socrates/comenius/index_en.html

-         Erasmus, for mobility between students and universities. Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/socrates/erasmus/erasmus_en.html

-         Leonardo da Vinci, for traineeships in the EU, mainly targeted at vocational students. Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/leonardo/index_en.html

-         Grundtvig, for partnerships, networks and mobility in education for adults. Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/socrates/grundtvig/index_en.html

-         Lingua: language teaching and learning across the EU. Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/socrates/lingua/index_en.html

-         Minerva: funding for the promotion of ICT and Open and Distance Learning in education. Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/socrates/minerva/index_en.html

-         Erasmus Mundus: European funding for excellence in Master’s studies. Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/mundus/index_en.html

DG Employment, Equal Opportunities and Social Affairs, European Commission

The website gives an overview of all the current and future calls for proposals, guidelines, rules of participation etc. 

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/emplweb/tenders/index_en.cfm

To name a few possibilities:

-         PROGRESS for employment and social inclusion (743.3 million Euro). Website:  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2004/com2004_0488en01.pdf

-         EQUAL for the promotion of equality on the labour market. Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/equal/index_en.cfm

-         European Social Fund, for social inclusion on the labour market. Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/esf2000/2007-2013_en.html

DG Energy and Transport, European Commission

The website gives an overview of all the current and future calls for proposals, guidelines, rules of participation etc. The main focus is on the ‘Intelligent Energy Programme’.

http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/call_for_proposals/index_en.htm

DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission

Useful with regard to innovation in for example SME’s and industry. The website gives an overview of all the current and future calls for proposals, guidelines, rules of participation etc. 

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/funding/index.htm

EUROCORES

This network stimulates multinational European collaboration in the field of science and research, and is complementary to the EU research framework programmes (like FP7 for the period 2007-2013). Its aim is to have a system complementary to the Framework Programme by bringing together national funding agencies, national research organisations and their analogues. Link:

http://www.esf.org/medias/Shortpresentation.pdf

FP7 (EU Seventh Framework Programme for Research)

This framework programme covers all designated aspects of scientific research for the coming period. Its budget is 54 582.1 million Euro for the whole period.  The website gives an overview of all the current and future calls for proposals, guidelines, rules of participation etc.

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/faq.htm

YOUTH

The EU Youth Programme offers a wide variety of funding possibilities for youth projects, from youth exchanges to programmes to stimulate voluntary work. The website provides an overview of all the current and future calls for proposals, guidelines, rules of participation etc. 

http://ec.europa.eu/youth/program/index_en.html

There is also the Council of Europe’s ‘European Youth Foundation’ which stimulates activities in the field of human rights, democratisation, citizenship etc. Website:

http://galadriel.coe.int/fej/portal/media-type/html/user/anon/page/FEJ_presentation;jsessionid=39BE3726F212D43AD286B63AC12B7540

General grant website of the EU

This is where the author got most of her information… J

http://ec.europa.eu/grants/index_en.htm

 

 

 

NOT included in this overview (because they fall out of the I & E scope):

 

-         The wider range of regional/local funds: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index_en.htm

-         Agricultural funds: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rur/leaderplus/index_en.htm

-         Environmental funds: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/funding/intro_en.htm