European Parliament approves new science budget: energy research gets small share
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The European Parliament has approved the €54 billion (US$71.6 billion) plan to boost science research in Europe as part of the so-called Lisbon Strategy aimed at strengthening economic growth, competitiveness and employment in the Union. The Framework Programme 7 (FP7) is designed to support several priority areas of research.
Of the different research categories [interactive map], information technology gets the biggest chunk of funding, with a €9.1 billion budget, while research into climate change and energy have received a comparatively small amount of funding in the plan.
The Parliament gave the go-ahead to the plan on Thursday at its second reading. FP7 is due to be formally adopted by the EU on 5 December. The programme is due to run from 2007 to 2013.
It is difficult to analyse what this budget allocation means for the development of Europe's bioeconomy, but if the science fields that make up this broad concept are combined (energy, environment, transport and biotechnology), then the funding is considerable.
Euratom, the European Atomic Energy Community (which is an institution formally distinct from the European Community), gets €2.7 billion for nuclear research, including additional funds for ITER, the fusion project.
Over the coming days we will be researching the details of the budgets as they relate to biofuels, bioenergy and international cooperation on this front [entry ends here].
bioenergy :: biofuels :: energy :: sustainability :: climate change :: bioeconomy :: Framework Programme 7 :: science budget :: Lisbon Strategy :: European Parliament :: European Union ::
The European Parliament has approved the €54 billion (US$71.6 billion) plan to boost science research in Europe as part of the so-called Lisbon Strategy aimed at strengthening economic growth, competitiveness and employment in the Union. The Framework Programme 7 (FP7) is designed to support several priority areas of research.
Of the different research categories [interactive map], information technology gets the biggest chunk of funding, with a €9.1 billion budget, while research into climate change and energy have received a comparatively small amount of funding in the plan.
The Parliament gave the go-ahead to the plan on Thursday at its second reading. FP7 is due to be formally adopted by the EU on 5 December. The programme is due to run from 2007 to 2013.
It is difficult to analyse what this budget allocation means for the development of Europe's bioeconomy, but if the science fields that make up this broad concept are combined (energy, environment, transport and biotechnology), then the funding is considerable.
Euratom, the European Atomic Energy Community (which is an institution formally distinct from the European Community), gets €2.7 billion for nuclear research, including additional funds for ITER, the fusion project.
Over the coming days we will be researching the details of the budgets as they relate to biofuels, bioenergy and international cooperation on this front [entry ends here].
bioenergy :: biofuels :: energy :: sustainability :: climate change :: bioeconomy :: Framework Programme 7 :: science budget :: Lisbon Strategy :: European Parliament :: European Union ::
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