Publicly funded automotive research in EU.pdf - EAGAR

EAGAR – Publicly funded automotive research by the European Commission
2.4 Funding Programmes
The European Union’s main instrument for funding research is the Framework Programmes. Since
their launch in 1984, the Framework Programmes have played a leading role in multidisciplinary research
and cooperative activities in Europe and beyond. The current FP is the Seventh Framework
Programme for research and technological development (FP7). Running from 2007 to 2013, the programme
has a budget of 53.2 billion Euros over its seven-year lifespan, the largest funding allocation
yet for such programmes. The broad objectives of FP7 have been grouped into four Specific Programmes:
Cooperation, People, Capacities and Ideas. These activities range from supporting collaborative
research projects to the mobility of researchers and sustaining basic science. Automotive research
is mainly part of the Cooperation pillar, notably the sub programme “TRANSPORT”, which includes
all transport manners and also funding for the GALILEO initiative. FP7 is a highly competitive
programme based on scientific excellence and cross-border cooperation, offering wide partnership
and funding opportunities for researchers and entities established both within and outside the EU.
Figure 5: Logos of FP6 (2002 – 2006) and FP7 (2007 – 2013)
The EAGAR project analysed the calls relevant for automotive RTD. In the period 2006 until 2009 26
funded programme calls could be identified. The most calls, 11, were issued in the year 2009. In 2007
the most money with over € 340million Euro was available to automotive relevant programmes funding
8 calls. This peak in 2007 results in 2 major FP7 ICT initiatives, which have an overall volume of
over € 1.4 billion for sustainable ICT programmes 10 .
10 Information on the calls of the FP7 taken from: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm
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