News archive - Trend shows EUR 1 billion could be available to SMEs annually in the Co-operation programme
The first report on SME participation in FP7, which focuses on the Cooperation programme, reveals that increasing numbers of SMEs are participating in the various themes of FP7 compared with its immediate predecessor, FP6. This also means that consortia are increasingly disposed to including SME participants in their research.
Throughout the seven years of FP7, the Community will have allocated over EUR 32 billion to collaborative research projects under the banner of the Cooperation programme. Divided into 10 distinct themes, the programme supports all types of research activities carried out by different research bodies in transnational cooperation. Within each theme, there are a variety of SME-targeted topics in which research-intensive SMEs should play a leading role.
If this positive trend continues, it is estimated that on average, EUR 1 billion in research funding will be made available to SMEs annually throughout the lifespan of FP7.
Source: Leonardo Piccinetti
Entry created by Elke Dall on April 21, 2008
Modified on April 21, 2008
