Article 2

The Seventh Framework Programme shall support the activities set out in points (i) to (iv). The objectives and the broad lines of those activities are set out in Annex I. Cooperation: supporting the whole range of research actions carried out in trans-national cooperation in the following thematic areas: Health; Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology; Information and Communication Technologies; Nano-sciences, Nano-technologies, Materials and New Production Technologies; Energy; Environment (including Climate Change); Transport (including Aeronautics); Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities; Space; Security. Ideas: supporting ‘investigator-driven’ research carried out across all fields by individual national or transnational teams in competition at the European level. People: strengthening, quantitatively and qualitatively, the human potential in research and technological development in Europe, as well as encouraging mobility. Capacities: supporting key aspects of European research and innovation capacities such as research infrastructures; regional research driven clusters; the development of a full research potential in the Community's convergence and outermost regions; research for the benefit of small and medium-sized enterprises (‘SMEs’) Throughout the Seventh Framework Programme, ‘SMEs’ are understood to include microenterprises. ; ‘Science in Society’ issues; support to coherent development of policies; horizontal activities of international cooperation. The Seventh Framework Programme shall also support the non-nuclear direct scientific and technical actions carried out by the Joint Research Centre (‘JRC’) as defined in Annex I.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.