Few 'new' EU members applying for research funds
The vast majority of applications for European research funds come from countries which were members of the EU before the major expansion of the Union in 2004, according to Janez Potonik, European commissioner for science and research. Only one in ten requests for funds made under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) came from one of the 12 countries that have joined the EU since 2004. FP7 makes €50 billion available for major research projects and runs from 2007 to 2013. Speaking at the Research Connection Conference in Prague on 7 May, 2009, Potonik said research activity in new EU countries had increased since accession, but "the potential of the EU12 has not been fully tapped".
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Posted on: 04.06.2009