The procedure of awarding research funds out of the EU budget is clearly defined in terms of content and time, this procedure being referred to as Research Framework Programme (RFP). All measures of the Community in the field of Research and Technological Development (RTD) are integrated in this framework programme.
Since the first framework programme for research, technology and development was introduced in 1984, the European Union has played a leading role in the planning and implementation of multidisciplinary research and cooperation measures in Europe.
Currently, already the seventh research framework programme is running with the largest total budget amounting to 54 billion euros.
he prior objective of the Research Framework Programme is to strengthen the Community´s competetive capacity and to support those research measures that are necessary due to the Community´s policy. The primary focus is thus the trans-national research and development forming the basis for an innovative European economy and at the same time being of immediate benefit to the citizen.
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The central task of the National Contact Points (NCP) is to provide advice to applicants in the fields of the respective framework programme they are in charge for.
The National Contact Point for the field of EURATOM – Radiation Protection – is the BfS.
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The emphasis of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) 2002 – 2006 was on high-quality research measures in the scope of which science and research in Europe can be focussed and integrated. Furthermore, trans-national cooperation was to be optimised.
The research projects and training measures of the sixth framework programme in the field of EURATOM are described in the following 3 volumes of the European Commission.
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