The Seventh Framework Programme is organised in four programmes corresponding to four basic components of European research, please find more information following the specific links:

• the specific programme of 'Cooperation' (-> for "collaborative research", structured in 10 themes/topics, more than 50 % of FP7s budget, depending on the theme there are different activities for international cooperation partner countries, i.e. the Western Balkan countries)
• the 'Ideas' programme (-> for "frontier research", managed by the European Research Council, investigator driven, excellent research accross all fields, nationality of principal investigators doesn't matter)
• the 'People' programme (-> for "mobility" and human potential, "Marie Curie Actions", academia-industry relation, has a strong international dimension)
• the 'Capacities' programme (-> for "research capacity", different areas: support and coordination actions for international cooperation, science&society, regions, SMEs, research infrastructure, research potentials)

The attached image provides a good graphical overview on the programmes.

Source: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/spe_programmes.htm, as accessed in November 2006 (no longer online, check for http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html, accessed in January 2007).

Comprehensive factsheets on FP7 are available in 21 languages from the EC website and attached in English, Slovenian and Bulgarian as accessed in November 2006.