The Programmes
The framework programmes up until Framework Programme 6 covered five-year periods, but from Framework Programme 7 on, programmes will run for seven years. The Framework Programmes, and their budgets in billions of euros, have been and will be:
| Framework Programme | period | budget in billions |
|---|---|---|
| First | 1984–1988 | €3.75 |
| Second | 1987–1991 | €5.396 |
| Third | 1990–1994 | €6.6 |
| Fourth | 1994–1998 | €13.215 |
| Fifth | 1998–2002 | €14.96 |
| Sixth | 2002–2006 | €17.883 |
| Seventh | 2007–2013 | €50.521 over 7 years + €2.7 for Euratom over 5 years |
| Eighth, called Horizon 2020 | 2014–2020 | €80 (estimated) |
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