The EU does not have enough entrepreneurs turning scientific breakthroughs into new products and services, writes MAIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN
IN JULY, I will be announcing the last call for proposals worth €8 billion under the 7th EU Research and Technological F
ramework Programme 2007-2013: more commonly known by the acronym FP7. This is the largest publicly funded research programme in the world.
It financially supports research activities in a range of economic sectors, for example, in the fields of information and communications technology, energy, health, transport, agriculture and food, environmental services, advanced materials, industrial initiatives, nano-technology, bio-technology, security and space.
