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Types of actions supported
The Community will contribute financially to the RTD (1) activities carried out under the specific programmes implementing the Fifth RTD Framework Programme. The following provides a brief overview of the types of measures supported under FP5, together with the maximum levels of finance provided by the Community (2).

(a) Shared-cost actions

• Research and technological development projects (3) - projects obtaining new knowledge intended to develop or improve products, process or services and/or to meet the needs of Community policies (financial participation: 50 % of total eligible costs (4))

• Demonstration projects (3) - projects improving the viability of new technologies offering potential economic advantage but which cannot be commercialised directly (financial participation: 35 % of total eligible costs (4))

• Combined R&D; and demonstration projects (3) - projects combining the above elements (financial participation: 35 to 50 % of total eligible costs (4))

• Support for access to research infrastructures - actions enhancing access to research infrastructures for Community researchers. Support will cover maximum of 100 % of additional eligible costs

• "SME Co-operative" research projects (4) - projects enabling at least three mutually independent SMEs from at least two Member States to jointly commission research carried out by a third party (financial participation: 50 % of total eligible costs)

• "SME Exploratory" awards - support of 75 % of total eligible costs (5) for an up-to-12 months exploratory phase of a project (e.g. feasibility studies, validation, partner search)

- Marie Curie fellowships are either fellowships, where individual researchers apply directly to the Commission, or host fellowships, where institutions apply to host a number of researchers (financial participation: maximum of 100 % of additional eligible costs (6))

- actions for promoting training-through-research especially of researchers at pre-doctoral and at post doctoral level - and thematic networks - networks bringing together e.g. manufacturers, users, universities, research centres around a given S&T; objective. Support will cover maximum 100 % of additional eligible costs for setting up and maintaining such networks

- actions co-ordinating RTD projects already in receipt of funding, for example to exchange experiences, to reach a critical mass, to disseminate results etc. (financial participation: maximum of 100 % of additional eligible costs)

- actions contributing to the implementation of a specific programme or the preparation of future activities (financial participation: maximum of 100 % of total eligible costs).