The broad objectives of FP7 have been grouped into four categories: Cooperation, Ideas, People and Capacities. For each type of objective, there is a specific programme corresponding to the main areas of EU research policy. All specific programmes work together to promote and encourage the creation of European poles of (scientific) excellence.

The non-nuclear research activities of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) are grouped under a specific programme with individual budget allocation.

Cooperation

Health - Lifesciences, Geonomics and Biotechnology for Health

Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology

Information and Communication Technologies

Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

Energy

Environment (including Climate Change)

Transport (including Aeronautics)

Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities

Security

Space

Ideas

European Research Council (ERC)

People

Marie Curie

Capacities

Research infrastructures (Cordis Website)
Research for the benefit of SMEs
Regions of knowledge and support for regional research-driven clusters
Research potential of Convergence Regions (Cordis Website)
Science in society (Cordis Website)
Support to the coherent development of research policies (Cordis Website)
International cooperation