In 2004 the Research Framework Programmes (FPs) had their 20th anniversary. From their inception in 1984 until now …: enterprises, universities and research institutions from all member states collaborate with great ease to create new scientific …

The overall objective of the Research Infrastructures part of the "Capacities" specific programme is to optimise the … use and development of the best research infrastructures existing in Europe, and to help to create in all fields of … science and technology new research infrastructures of pan-European interest needed by the European scientific community to …

fundamentally altering the way R&D is done. This is leading to a new research and innovation paradigm, which we will simply refer to …

The EU's Sixth Framework R&D programme, covering 2002-2006, allocated more than u00802 billion to research that … directly or indirectly addressed climate change. Another u00801.2 billion was spent on nuclear research. Reflecting the …-relevant research has been substantially increased to u00809 billion in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) covering 2007-2013. FP7 …