The latest European Commission calls for proposals (invitations to bid for funding) for research and innovation projects under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) are worth €7 billion.
The Commission adopted the 2012 work programme on 19 July with most of the calls being formally launched on 20 July. The deadlines for application are spread over the period leading up to the turn of the year and decisions on allocating the funding to individual projects will be taken in 2012.
The work programme and full set of associated documents is available via: http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp7/index_en.cfm
The press release issued to mark the launch on 20 July is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/ireland/press_office/news_of_the_day/maire-geoghegan-quinn-announces-7-billion-euro-for-research_en.htm
The Calls for Proposals are published on: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/fp7_calls