Response to first call for Summary of Intended Participation (SIP) in the 7th Framework Programme (FP7)

16 October 2006

Thanks to the overwhelming response to our first call, the South African research community are invited to participate in our second call and submit their Summary of Intended Participation (SIP) in the 7th Framework Programme (FP7). The SIP tool will assist you in submitting concise summaries of FP7 project ideas in which you would like to participate. Each SIP will be allocated a unique number. Please note, SIPs submitted in the first call can still be accessed and amended. The closing date is 15 January 2007.

Summary of the number of submissions received by theme in the first call

Number	Theme
50	Theme 1: Health
30	Theme 2: Food, agriculture and biotechnology
39	Theme 3: Information and communication technologies
11	Theme 4: Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies
9	Theme 5: Energy
58	Theme 6: Environment (including climate change)
13	Theme 7: Transport (including aeronautics)
18	Theme 8: Socio-economic sciences and the humanities
4	Theme 9: Security and Space
10	Nuclear Energy (Euratom)