All current open calls

Health

• Identifier: FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 29 300 000
  Deadline: 12 August 2008

Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology

• ERA-NET / ERA-NET PLUS Call 2008
  Identifier: FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 29 300 000
  Deadline: 12 August 2008

Information and Communication Technologies

• Identifier: FP7-ICT-2007-3
  Publication date: 04 December 2007
  Budget: € 265 000 000
  Deadline: 08 April 2008
• FET Open scheme
  • Identifier: FP7-ICT-2007-C
    Publication date: 22 December 2006
    Budget: € 65 000 000
    Deadline(s): 20 January 2009
    06 May 2008 - For CAs intermediate cut-off date
    27 May 2008 - For full STREPs intermediate cut-off date
    02 September 2008 - For CAs intermediate cut-off date
    23 September 2008 - For full STREPs intermediate cut-off date
    31 December 2008 - For CAs intermediate cut-off date
    20 January 2009 - For full STREPs intermediate cut-off date
    
  • Identifier: FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD
    Publication date: 30 November 2007
    Budget: € 29 300 000
    Deadline: 12 August 2008

Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies (NMP)

• Identifier: FP7-NMP-2008-LARGE-2
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 60 000 000
  Deadline(s): 23 September 2008 - (for Stage 2 (only proposals retained at stage 1)
• Identifier: FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 100 993 000
  Deadline(s): 02 September 2008
• Identifier: FP7-NMP-2008-SME-2
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 4 855 000
  Deadline(s): 23 September 2008
• Identifier: FP7-NMP-2008-EU-India-2
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 5 000 000
  Deadline: 24 April 2008
• Joint Energy NMP Call
  Identifier: FP7-ENERGY-NMP-2008-1
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 25 000 000
  Deadline(s): 29 May 2008 - Stage 2 (only for proposals retained at stage 1)
• Identifier: FP7-NMP-2008-CSA-2
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 15 000 000
  Deadline: 24 April 2008
• Identifier: FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 29 300 000
  Deadline: 12 August 2008

Energy

• Identifier: FP7-ENERGY-2008-1
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 26 300 000
  Deadline(s): 29 May 2008 - Stage 2 (only for proposals retained at stage 1)
• Identifier: FP7-ENERGY-2008-FET
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 15 000 000
  Deadline(s): 29 May 2008 - Stage 2 (only for proposals retained at stage 1)
• Joint Energy NMP Call
  Identifier: FP7-ENERGY-NMP-2008-1
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 25 000 000
  Deadline(s): 29 May 2008 - Stage 2 (only for proposals retained at stage 1)
• Identifier: FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 29 300 000
  Deadline: 12 August 2008

Environment

• Identifier: FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 29 300 000
  Deadline: 12 August 2008

Transport (including Aeronautics)

• Identifier: FP7-TPT-2008-RTD-1
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 14 650 000
  Deadline: 07 May 2008
• Identifier: FP7-SST-2008-TREN-1
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 36 000 000
  Deadline: 07 May 2008
• Identifier: FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 102 220 000
  Deadline: 07 May 2008
• Identifier: FP7-AAT-2008-RTD-1
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 80 420 000
  Deadline: 07 May 2008
• Identifier: FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 29 300 000
  Deadline: 12 August 2008

Social Sciences and Humanities

• ERA-NET / ERA-NET PLUS Call 2008
  Identifier: FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 29 300 000
  Deadline: 12 August 2008

Space

• ERA-NET / ERA-NET PLUS Call 2008
  Identifier: FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 29 300 000
  Deadline: 12 August 2008

Security

• ERA-NET / ERA-NET PLUS Call 2008
  Identifier: FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 29 300 000
  Deadline: 12 August 2008

Co-ordination of Research Activities

• ERA-NET / ERA-NET PLUS Call 2008
  Identifier: FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 29 300 000
  Deadline: 12 August 2008

Euratom

• ERA-NET / ERA-NET PLUS Call 2008
  Identifier: FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 29 300 000
  Deadline: 12 August 2008
• Identifier: FP7-Fission-2008
  Publication date: 30 November 2007
  Budget: € 48 410 000
  Deadline: 15 April 2008

Mobility including the new action, International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)
FP7-PEOPLE-IAPP-2008: 25 March 2008
FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008: 28 March 2008
FP7-PEOPLE-ERG-2008: 31 December 2008, 03 April 2008 (1st cut-off date), 08 October 2008 (2nd cut-off date)
FP7-PEOPLE-IRG-2008: 08 October 2008, 03 April 2008 (1st cut-off date)

Research for SMEs
FP7-SME-2008-1 (Research for SMEs Call 2): 11 April 2008

Science in Society
FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2008-1: 18 March 2008

Open calls of relevance to South Africa

List of open calls where cooperation with South Africa is specifically required, encouraged or mentioned in the applicable Work Programmes.

• FP7-Energy-2008-1 (Energy)
• ENERGY.2008.5.2.1: CO2 Capture and Storage - Capacity building with the large emerging economies (South Africa is a member of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum)
• FP7-KBBE-2008-2B (Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology)
• KBBE-2008-3-1-02: Sweet Sorghum - An alternative energy crop for biofuel production in semiarid and temperate regions
• KBBE-2008-3-2-05: Life cycle analysis and socioeconomic assessment of integrated biorefineries
• KBBE-2008-3-1-04: Plant-produced vaccines
• FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2 (Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies)
• NMP-2008-1.3-2: Impact of engineered nanoparticles on health and the environment
• FP7-NMP-2008-LARGE-2 (Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies)
• NMP-2008-4.0-2: Catalysts and sustainable processes to produce liquid fuels from coal and natural gas
• FP7-AAT-2008-RTD-1 (Aeronautics and Air Transport)
  The Work Programme mentions that topic areas for increased co-operation identified include, in addition to environmental and safety-related topics: application of advanced materials manufacturing (e.g. of metals, thermoplastics and composites); advanced electronics (e.g. MEMS, health/usage monitoring, guidance and control); and software development (e.g. flight control, simulators, computational mechanics, CFDs).
• FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1 (Sustainable Surface Transport)
• SST.2008.3.1.7: Large event mobility management (especially in big cities)
• SST.2008.4.1.4: Road safety of vulnerable road users in emerging economies
• FP7-TPT-2008-RTD-1 (Transport)
• TPT.2008.15: Cross-fertilisation of alternative fuels research across all transport modes (specifically with regard to synthetic fuels research)
• FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008 (International Research Staff Exchange Scheme). South Africa is one of the targeted countries for this new mobility instrument launched under the "People" programme of FP7.

Other topics where African / developing countries' participation such as South Africa are especially invited also include:

• FP7-ENV-2008-1 (Environment including Climate Change)
• ENV.2008.2.1.3.1: Assessment of methods to combat desertification
• FP7-KBBE-2008-2B (Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology)
• KBBE-2008-1-2-05: Improved agro-forestry systems for sustainable farming