In general several partners from different member states or EU-associated countries are needed for participation in the 7th Framework Programme (please find exact or slight differing terms in the specific proposals of the pursuant theme)

Partner search is one of the most time-consuming tasks in project preparation. We can support you! The FFG is involved in many international networks, and our experts are happy to help!

Partners search in horizontal research programmes

Ideas
Human ressources and Mobility
Research Infrastructure
Research for SMEs
Science in Society
International Cooperation

A good possibility to find the right partner, is to search within your established (business) partners and connections. Use the advantage of already knowing your partners’ organisation, know-how and method of operation.

Further options are to either address participants from earlier or similar, current projects or to use the CORDIS database of the European Commission for your search. CORDIS offers a number of interested organisations and their expertise, that can be searched by types of programmes, form of organisation, countries or other criteria.

Several European Partners Search databases offer various opportunities for Partners Search. The own profile can be published in most of them, and interested organisations and their expertise can be searched for with different items like e.g. programme, organisation form, country and others.

Competence and Expertise Catalogues are schedules of Austrian enterprieses, research facilities, work groups or researchers on a specific topic. So you can present your profile and your expertises a wide range of international potential interested parties and cooperationpartners.

For many of the topics in the framework programme there are several catalogues, which can be searched for eligible partners or where the own profile can be published.