| Exploration and exploitation of the earth |
| Production from and exploitation of the sea (excluding living resources) |
| Other programmes exploring and exploiting the earth (including hydrology and mineral prospecting) |
| Exploration and exploitation of space |
| Infrastructure, construction, civil engineering and town and country planning |
| Monitoring and protecting the global environment |
| Monitoring and protecting the atmosphere and climate |
| Other measures for monitoring and protecting the environment |
| Production, distribution and rational use of energy |
| Agricultural production and technology (production and exploitation of living resources, including marine resources |
| Industrial production and technology |
| Communication industries (telecommunications, electronics, computers, software) |
| Ground and water transportation industries |
| Air transportation industries |
| Other systems and technologies used in mining and manufacturing, including activities relating to the production of agri-food products |
| Protecting and improving health |
| Retail of goods and services (excluding medicine, health and education) |
| Life in society and social development (including education) |
Development (research
carried out with the aim of advancing development) |
| Defence |
| Global security |
| Defence and defence strategies; science, technologies and economies relating to the arms trade |
| Domestic security, Civil security, Economic security |
| General advancement of knowledge |
| Mathematics and computer science (programming only) |
| Physical science |
| Engineering sciences (automatic, electronic engineering, electrotechnology, computer science, optics) |
| Other engineering sciences (mechanical engineering, process engineering, materials engineering, civil, thermal and energy systems engineering) |
| Chemistry |
| Natural environments (earth, sea, atmosphere, space) |
| Life sciences (agronomic and food science, biology and medical sciences) |
| Social sciences (geography, environmental planning, economics and management, law and political science, sociology, demography, ethnology, anthropology) |
| Human sciences (philosophy, psychology, history, archaeology, literature, linguistics, arts) |
