Links

On European research policy:

• President of the ERC
  Website of Prof Dr Helga Nowotny.
• Commissioner for Research and Innovation
  Website of the Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn. 
• Innovation Union
  Innovation component of the Europe 2020 Strategy for a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy.
• European Research Area
  Activities, programmes and policies intended to enable researchers, research institutions and businesses to increasingly circulate, compete and co-operate across borders.

Available funding and tools for researchers:

• Research portal of the European Commission
  User-oriented website regrouping the different tools by which the European Commission develops its research policy (funding programmes, news, statistics, etc).
• Participant portal
  The Participant Portal is the entry point for electronic administration of EU-funded research and innovation projects, and hosts the services for managing proposals and projects throughout their lifecycle.
• ERAWatch
  Information provider on European, national and regional research policies, actors, and programmes in the EU and beyond.
• CORDIS - Community Research and Development Information Service
  Information space aimed at facilitating participation in Community research and development activities, improving the exploitation of research results and promoting the diffusion of knowledge.
• 7th Framework Programme for research
  The EU's main instrument for funding research in Europe until 2013.
• FP7 applications
  Central access-point for information on the 6th and 7th Framework Programme software systems.
• Marie Curie actions
  Training, mobility and career development opportunities open to researchers of all ages and levels of experience covered under the People programme of FP7.
• EURAXESS
  Information and advice point on issues regarding the mobility of researchers in the European Research Area.

Institutions, bodies and networks involved in research:

• European Commission Directorate-General for Research
  Home to the European Commission department in charge of research policy.

• European University Association (EUA)
  Representative body of higher education institutions in 46 countries.

• League of European Research Universities (LERU)
  Association of twenty-two leading research-intensive universities that share the values of high-quality teaching within an environment of internationally competitive research.

• National Science Foundation
  Government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering in the USA through research programs and education projects.

• National Natural Science Foundation of China
  Institution aimed at promoting and financing basic research and applied research in China.

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  Independent administrative institution for the advancement of Japanese science in all fields.

• List of ERC National Contact Points

• Canadian Institute for Advance Research (CIFAR)
  Open call for proposals for new research ideas