FP6 Instruments

The different types of projects and actions to implement FP6 are also known as instruments. There are a number of different instruments for multipartner research activities, individual and host-driven mobility schemes, special types of projects for SMEs, support for utilising and developing large scale research infrastructures etc.

The Instruments have been classified into three different groups on the basis of their purpose:

• The first group comprises the instruments aimed at generating, demonstrating and validating new knowledge through research and development, and is composed of Integrated Projects (IPs) and Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREPs);
• The second group is composed only of the Networks of Excellence (NoEs), an instrument aimed at the durable integration of the participants’ activities/capacities;
• The third group comprises the instruments aimed at supporting collaboration and coordination, and other activities (such as conferences and studies) and is composed of Coordination Actions (CAs) and Specific Support Actions (SSAs).

The following two charts give an overview on the average of the budget per funded instruments according to the four calls of the thematic priority Food Safety and Quality (TP 1.1.5) and on the average of the number of partners per instrument.