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EU presented new opportunities for Ukrainian scientists

21.06.2011  |  Publications

An Information Day on Energy and Health themes of the EU 7th Framework Programme on Research and Technology Development (FP7) was held in Kharkiv, Ukraine. According to a press release of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, “the Work Programmes for 2012 and new calls for proposals under Energy and Health themes were presented to the Ukrainian researchers”.

The aim of the Information Day was to equip the Ukrainian scientists with the knowledge about priorities of the FP7 Work Programme 2012. The FP7 National Contact Points (NCPs) of Ukraine for Energy and Health together with JSO-ERA experts provided the participants with orientation paper on new calls. The 2012 calls are expected to be published in July 2011.

The Information Day was organised by the EU-funded project “Joint Support Office for Enhancing Ukraine’s Integration into the European Research Area (JSO-ERA)” in cooperation with the FP7 NCPs of Ukraine for Energy and Health and the JSO-ERA Regional focal point in Kharkiv.
 
The JSO-ERA Project’s main objective is to support the FP7 National Contact Point of Ukraine (NIP-Ukraine) and facilitate effective FP7 cooperation between Ukraine’s research communities involved in innovation and research, and potential European Research Area partner organisations.
 
FP7 runs from 2007 to 2013 with a total budget of around ? 50 billion. Its main priority focuses on research directly relevant to the needs of European industry with a view to enhancing international European competitiveness and also for society to improve its quality of life.
 
The Energy and Health themes are major priorities of the FP7 Cooperation programme. The EU Member States and the European Parliament have earmarked a total of ? 2.35 billion for funding Energy and ? 6.1 billion for funding Health over the duration of FP7.
 
FP7 is intended for research scientists, institutes & SMEs working together in international consortia. Ukraine heading towards FP7 association has tremendous opportunities in research, technology and innovation. 

 

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