Disciplines covered by FP7 and H2020 health projects

Number of projects for each discipline covered by FP7 and H2020 health projects. The disciplines are defined according to the CORDIS taxonomy and segmented into a high-level research field (Taxonomy_High_level) and a more specific discipline (Taxonomy_Specific).


  • AS = Agricultural Sciences
  • E&T = Engineering and Technology
  • HUM = Humanities
  • M&HS = Medical and Health Sciences
  • NS = Natural Sciences
  • SS = Social Sciences
TaxonomyNumber of projects
Agricultural biotechnology (AS)14.0
Agriculture (AS)171.0
Animal and dairy science (AS)59.0
Veterinary sciences (AS)8.0
Chemical engineering (E&T)16.0
Civil engineering (E&T)28.0
Electrical engineering (E&T)314.0
Environmental biotechnology (E&T)34.0
Environmental engineering (E&T)155.0
Industrial biotechnology (E&T)78.0
Materials engineering (E&T)135.0
Mechanical engineering (E&T)56.0
Medical engineering (E&T)169.0
Nanotechnology (E&T)87.0
Other engineering and technologies (E&T)94.0
Arts (HUM)12.0
History and archaeology (HUM)29.0
Languages and literature (HUM)60.0
Other humanities (HUM)3.0
Philosophy (HUM)16.0
Basic medicine (M&HS)1,330.0
Clinical medicine (M&HS)1,680.0
Health sciences (M&HS)998.0
Medical biotechnology (M&HS)577.0
Other medical sciences (M&HS)1.0
Biological sciences (NS)2,221.0
Chemical sciences (NS)517.0
Computer and information sciences (NS)513.0
Earth and related environmental sciences (NS)132.0
Mathematics (NS)143.0
Physical sciences (NS)390.0
Economics and business (SS)202.0
Educational sciences (SS)27.0
Law (SS)21.0
Media and communications (SS)12.0
Political sciences (SS)71.0
Psychology (SS)66.0
Social geography (SS)72.0
Sociology (SS)252.0
  • AS = Agricultural Sciences
  • E&T = Engineering and Technology
  • HUM = Humanities
  • M&HS = Medical and Health Sciences
  • NS = Natural Sciences
  • SS = Social Sciences