Funding Schemes
Explore EU funding schemes with hierarchical category grouping, grid browsing, search, distribution charts, evolution timelines, and performance analytics.
The Schemes page at /graph/schemes provides a comprehensive view of the funding instruments that finance European research. It shares a sidebar with Projects, Organizations, and Topics under the Browse section of Graph's navigation.
Overview Stats
Four summary cards at the top of the page show aggregate metrics:
- Total Schemes -- The number of distinct funding instruments in the knowledge graph
- Total Projects -- The cumulative number of projects funded across all schemes
- Total Funding -- The aggregate EU contribution across all schemes
- Categories -- The number of active scheme groupings
View Modes
Two browsing layouts are available, toggled via buttons in the page header:
Grouped view (default) organizes funding schemes into seven categories displayed as expandable accordion sections. The first category is expanded by default. Each category groups related instruments together:
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| Research & Innovation | Research and Innovation Actions (RIA), Innovation Actions (IA) |
| ERC Grants | ERC Starting Grant, ERC Consolidator Grant, ERC Advanced Grant, ERC Proof of Concept |
| Marie Curie | MSCA Doctoral Networks, MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships, MSCA Staff Exchanges |
| Coordination & Support | Coordination and Support Actions (CSA), Programme Co-fund |
| Infrastructure | Research Infrastructure actions, ESFRI-related instruments |
| SME-Focused | EIC Accelerator, EIC Pathfinder, SME-focused instruments |
| Other | Instruments that do not fit the above categories |
Within each category, individual schemes are listed with their code, project count, total funding, publication count, framework programme coverage, and the number of distinct framework programmes they span.
Grid view displays all schemes as cards in a three-column responsive grid, without category grouping. Cards show the scheme code, project count, total funding, publication count, and framework programme badges. A sort dropdown lets you order cards by relevance (default API order), project count, funding amount, or alphabetically.
Search
A search bar below the stats cards filters schemes by code. The filtered count updates in real time. Search works in both grouped and grid view modes, filtering schemes across all categories in grouped view or across the flat list in grid view.
Scheme Detail Pages
Clicking any scheme card or list entry navigates to /graph/schemes/[code], which shows the full scheme profile. From a scheme detail page, you can navigate to /graph/projects?scheme=[code] to see all projects funded under that scheme.
Analytics
An analytics section below the scheme listings provides three chart components. The analytics panel can be toggled on or off using the chart icon button in the page header.
Scheme Distribution Chart
A visualization showing how funding is distributed across scheme categories. This chart helps you understand which types of instruments account for the largest share of EU research funding.
Scheme Evolution Chart
A timeline visualization showing how funding scheme usage has changed across framework programme generations (FP7, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe). This reveals which instruments have grown, shrunk, or been introduced over time.
Scheme Performance Chart
A comparative visualization of scheme performance metrics, showing how different funding instruments compare in terms of project count, average funding per project, publication output, and other effectiveness indicators.
Using Schemes for Proposal Planning
The Schemes page supports several practical research management tasks:
- Instrument selection -- Compare funding instruments to find the one that best matches your project scope, budget, and consortium structure. The grouped view organizes instruments by type, making it easy to compare related options.
- Programme navigation -- Use the category grouping to understand how EU funding programmes are organized and which instruments are available for different types of research activities.
- Historical analysis -- The evolution chart shows how instrument usage has changed over time, helping you identify growing or declining funding streams.
- Cross-programme tracking -- The framework programme badges on each scheme card show which programmes use that instrument, revealing instruments that span multiple programme generations.
Related Pages
- Explorer -- Ask questions about funding schemes and their characteristics
- Projects -- Browse projects filtered by a specific scheme
- Organizations -- See which organizations access different funding instruments
- Researchers -- Topic analytics that complement scheme-level analysis
Organizations
Browse and filter research organizations by country, sector, SME status, and veteran status with search, sorting, grid and table views, and a ResearchArk Organization Index.
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