Welcome to the National Contact Point (NCP) web pages for FP7 Science in Society.

These pages are designed to help you decide whether the FP7 Science in Society (SiS) programme is appropriate for you, whether you are an academic, a science centre, research organisation, a civic society or SME.

Here you will find:

• How it works: Work Programmes, Call Fiches and Funding Schemes
• What’s in it for you ( NEW - SiS project case studies)
• Want to apply? Read this first
• Useful links

Calls

The European Commission will fund 'Science in Society' activities by selecting project proposals submitted following the publication of a 'Call for proposals'.

The 2010 Science in Society calls for funding are now closed.

Events

• Presentations from the SiS/SSH information day held in London on 23 October are available to download via the FP7 News link on the left-hand panel.

Background

Learn about the aims and structure of FP7 at the FP7UK home page. For complete beginners the EU leaflet FP7 In Brief is a good place to start.

See the Europa Science in Society pages for more information on the context of SiS in FP7. For an explanation of the core elements of the SiS Programme see the CORDIS SiS pages.

Problems? If you find broken links or there is information you need which you can find or access from these pages, please tell us: sisncp@esrc.ac.uk