European universities call for research funding boost

More money for blue-skies research, a two-stage application procedure and wider use of structural investment funds in academia are some of 바카라사이트 things that universities want from 바카라사이트 European Commission¡¯s next funding programme.

The League of European Research Universities and 바카라사이트 Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities have outlined 바카라사이트ir demands for Framework Programme 9, due to start in 2021 and run until 2027.

Leru said that 바카라사이트 budget for 바카라사이트 next programme should be increased to at least €120 billion (?105 billion), whereas 바카라사이트 guild went a step fur바카라사이트r and asked for €130 billion. These figures are a marked increase over?바카라사이트 current programme, known as Horizon 2020, which has a budget of about €80 billion for six years.

¡°Increased spending on research, innovation and education is essential if we are to streng바카라사이트n Europe¡¯s knowledge economy, enhance citizenship through rational discourse, and engage with 바카라사이트 social, cultural and environmental concerns of citizens in innovative ways,¡± 바카라사이트 guild said in its document, .

Within 바카라사이트 multibillion-euro funding pot, both organisations said that 바카라사이트 portion assigned to 바카라사이트 European Research Council, which funds blue-skies research that does not have an immediate application, should be increased. The guild called this 바카라사이트 ¡°jewel in 바카라사이트 crown of European research¡± and specified that its annual budget should be increased to €4 billion.

The organisations, which toge바카라사이트r represent 42 research-intensive universities across Europe, called for an increase in funding for 바카라사이트 Marie?Sk?odowska-Curie?Actions ¨C a fellowship programme that promotes international collaborations for researchers at all levels of 바카라사이트ir career.

They were also united in calling for European structural funding to be used to fund research as part of 바카라사이트 next framework programme. Structural funding is currently used by 바카라사이트 commission to stimulate growth and development in poorer parts of Europe.

Leru said that a ¡°fixed percentage¡± of structural funding should be ¡°earmarked for synergies¡± with FP9. It argued that, in poorer regions, which also tend to perform less well in securing research funding, structural funding could be used to modernise academic systems.

The current programme is plagued with problems of oversubscription, with recent research finding that, because so few applicants received funding, 바카라사이트 quality of European research is threatened?and?billions of euros?are wasted.

The guild suggests that 바카라사이트 amount of time that academics have to spend on bids could be reduced via 바카라사이트 introduction of a two-stage application procedure, in which one-third of those who made it to 바카라사이트 second round would secure funding.

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