Ireland’s Environmental Researchers & Framework Programme FP7

Key Achievements of FP7

Summary: Achievements of FP7

FP7 is the EU's main instrument for funding research in Europe and it is running till 2013. The EPA is the co-ordinating body in Ireland for the FP7-Programme Theme 6: Environment including climate change. 

Some of the key achievements of FP7 are:

• Success for Irish researchers in the Environment Programme in 51 projects representing a drawdown to Ireland of approximately €16m.
• Irish researchers are co-ordinating five projects under the Environment Programme.
• In total, approximately €46m of funding has been drawn down by Ireland’s environmental researchers in over 100 projects across the entire FP7 Programme.