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The Research Executive Agency (REA), located in Brussels, was created in December 2007. Managing over €6.5 billion, it started its work in 2008, and became fully autonomous on 15 June 2009. The REA reports to the Directorates General for Research, Enterprise, Information Society & Media and Energy & Transport.
The evaluation of proposals and the management of projects are at the heart of research support. The REA is carrying out these evaluation and management processes for a large part of the current research framework programme – FP7. With increasing research budgets, dedicating facilities and services to these tasks is at the core of the framework programme. These dedicated facilities and services are enabling us to improve the delivery of support to the research community.
The REA is managing the following tasks:
- the Marie-Curie fellowships and related awards;
- specific research grant agreements for the benefit of small and medium sized enterprises;
- multi-partner projects in the field of space research;
- multi-partner projects in the field of security research;
- the proposal reception and evaluation facility in the Covent Garden building in central Brussels;
- "one-stop shop" helpdesk for enquiries about FP7;
- the unique registration facility for project partners to reduce the amount of paperwork involved in project management.
Last update: 29 June 2009
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