The FOREMAP project was an initiative co-funded by the European Foundation Centre and the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development.

Its objectives were to develop a mapping methodology and tools to gather qualitative and quantitative information on the contribution of foundations to research. Centralised data on research foundations and their activities was generally unavailable in many Member States, even in the published accounts of numerous foundations.

FOREMAP aimed at overcoming these hurdles to collecting data on research foundations, by developing common tools and a methodology to map the activities of research foundations across the EU. These tools and the methodology were validated by a quantitative and qualitative pilot study targeting representative European countries. The study collected and compiled data to quantify foundation support for research, provide an analysis of trends and policies in the target countries, in order to better understand the role of foundations in supporting research.