European Research Council wants doubled budget for next Horizon

The European Research Council has joined several major research organisations in calling for a doubling of 바카라사이트 budget for 바카라사이트 successor to 바카라사이트 €100 billion (?86 billion) funding programme, Horizon Europe, while also recommending an increase to its own funding.

The European Union¡¯s next research and innovation framework programme, currently known as FP10, is in 바카라사이트 early design stages, with discussions under way through 바카라사이트 European Research Area and Innovation Committee (ERAC) task force. The European Commission is expected to deliver a proposal by mid-2025.

¡°The ERC has given 바카라사이트 EU framework programmes a new dimension that complements traditional top-down approaches, and it provides a benchmark for excellence in European science,¡± 바카라사이트 funder¡¯s scientific council said in a statement. ¡°The EU should build on this success and streng바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 ERC in 바카라사이트 next research framework programme.¡±

Europe is ¡°struggling to keep up¡± with global competitors in scientific output, research funding and specialised industry, 바카라사이트 funding body said, adding: ¡°The ERC has funded over 13,000 projects but has not been able to fund many equally outstanding proposals due to a continuing lack of appropriate budget.

¡°The ERC¡¯s current budget is about €2 billion annually, but for 바카라사이트 ERC to meet its full potential and for its systemic effects to be felt throughout Europe, it was estimated in 2003 that it would need a budget corresponding to 5 per cent of Europe¡¯s national research agencies, now equivalent to around €5 billion per year. This still holds true today.¡±

The ERC went on to call for 바카라사이트 preservation of its ¡°independence and autonomy¡± under 바카라사이트 new framework programme in order to ¡°safeguard its position as Europe¡¯s top frontier research funder¡±.

Earlier this month, 바카라사이트 European University Association, Science Europe and 바카라사이트 European Association of Research and Technology??on FP10?to Iliana Ivanova, European commissioner for research and innovation.

The umbrella groups urged that 바카라사이트 budget for?바카라사이트 framework programme be doubled to €200 billion, citing a ¡°noticeable gap¡± between European research and innovation investment and that of 바카라사이트 United States and China.

The budget must be ring-fenced, 바카라사이트 groups said, to prevent appropriation of funds for non-research purposes, while 바카라사이트 addition of new priorities must be accompanied by additional funding. ¡°These measures will ensure greater stability of 바카라사이트 programme budget,¡± 바카라사이트 letter explained.

¡°Additionally, it is important to rebalance 바카라사이트 support provided to various stages of 바카라사이트 RD&I continuum, including bottom-up basic research, applied research, development and innovation.¡±

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