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Encyclopedia > Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development

The Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, also called Framework Programmes or abbreviated FP, are funding programmes created by the European Union in order to support and encourage European research. The detailed objectives and actions vary from one funding period to another.


The Sixth Framework Programme from 3 June 2002 until 2006 is currently ongoing. The Seventh Framework Programme is in preparation, and funding will start in 2007. The framework programmes up until FP6 covered five-year periods, but future programmes (including FP7) will run for seven years. The Sixth Framework Programme (abbreviated FP6) is the current (2002-2006) Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development set up by the EU in order to fund and promote European research and technological development. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


List of framework programmes

  • First Framework Programme 1984–1987
  • Second Framework Programme 1987–1991
  • Third Framework Programme 1991–1994
  • Fourth Framework Programme 1994–1998
  • Fifth Framework Programme 1998–2002
  • Sixth Framework Programme 2002–2006
  • Seventh Framework Programme 2007–2013

The Sixth Framework Programme (abbreviated FP6) is the current (2002-2006) Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development set up by the EU in order to fund and promote European research and technological development. ...

See also

The European Research Area is a system of scientific research programmes integrating the European Unions scientific resources. ... Five-Year Plans for the National Economy of the USSR or Piatiletkai (пятилетка) were a series of nation-wide centralized exercises in rapid economic development in the Soviet Union. ...

External links

  • Fourth Framwork Programme
  • Fifth Framework Programme
  • Sixth Framework Programme
  • Seventh Framework Programme



 
 

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