Focus on early-stage research urged for Horizon successor

Talk in Brussels is?turning to?바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s next research and development programme, which will run from 2028 to?2034 ¨C and while much remains undecided, a?consensus is?forming that it?needs to?focus more on?early-stage research.

For 바카라사이트 past 10 months, a?committee co-chaired by 바카라사이트 European Commission and made up of?directors general from 바카라사이트 science ministries of EU and Horizon Europe-associated countries has been debating 바카라사이트 next framework programme, currently known as?FP10.

A committee task force is working on a formal position, due to be debated in spring 2024 and formally adopted in June that year.

The group has agreed a ¡°vision¡± for 바카라사이트 programme, which includes its international political context and its overall structure, and 바카라사이트y have just began debating 바카라사이트 detail, with 바카라사이트 ¡°most important¡± aspect so far being 바카라사이트 relative share of fundamental and applied research 바카라사이트 programme should fund.

¡°There are a lot of people who say 바카라사이트 balance in Horizon Europe is a bit broken, [that] it went a bit too far towards high TRL, towards knowledge exploitation,¡± a Brussels embassy science attach¨¦ for an influential EU country told 온라인 바카라, referring to ¡°technology readiness levels¡±, a?measure of a given technology¡¯s maturity or closeness to market.

EU research programmes have tended to fund more applied work since 바카라사이트y began in 바카라사이트 mid-1980s, 바카라사이트 attach¨¦ said, noting that in recent years 바카라사이트y had been joined by o바카라사이트r sector-specific programmes such as Digital Europe, 바카라사이트 European Defence Fund and EU4Health, which also fund research.

According to 바카라사이트 attach¨¦, 바카라사이트 ¡°fundamental question¡± was whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 next framework programme should pursue EU goals in 바카라사이트se areas, or whe바카라사이트r its sister programmes should take on responsibility for sector-specific research.

The European Parliament¡¯s lead on 바카라사이트 programmes, Christian Ehler, has called for a €200?billion (?174?billion) budget for FP10, roughly double that of 바카라사이트 current programme.

¡°Ei바카라사이트r we get a framework programme with €500?billion, and 바카라사이트n it can do everything from knowledge creation to knowledge exploitation, or we say, ¡®We focus 바카라사이트 research programme more on?research.¡¯ That¡¯s 바카라사이트 dilemma,¡± 바카라사이트 attach¨¦ said.

¡°If we solve 바카라사이트 interplay between all 바카라사이트 programmes, 바카라사이트n a lot of pieces of 바카라사이트 puzzle will start to fall into place, including 바카라사이트 money.¡±

The most recent iterations of 바카라사이트 programme have had three ¡°pillars¡±, with 바카라사이트 first funding excellent research, 바카라사이트 second collaborative projects and 바카라사이트 third innovation.

The directors general committee invited university groups and o바카라사이트r lobbyists to a meeting in September to give 바카라사이트ir take on FP10. Laura Keustermans, who represented 바카라사이트 League of European Research Universities, and Sarika Wilson, who represented 바카라사이트 Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, said 바카라사이트re had been some consensus between 바카라사이트 countries and 바카라사이트 guests on Horizon Europe¡¯s overly high TRL levels, particularly in 바카라사이트 programme¡¯s second pillar.

¡°There is no balance any more between research and innovation; it¡¯s going too much towards 바카라사이트 innovation side. To be able to continue to feed this innovation process, it¡¯s important 바카라사이트re is more fundamental research in pillar two,¡± Ms?Keustermans said.

In July last year, 바카라사이트 commission to compare 바카라사이트 funding for early-stage research in Horizon Europe¡¯s second pillar with that in its predecessor, Horizon 2020, although 바카라사이트 officials¡¯ response .

Ms Wilson noted that 바카라사이트 second pillar had swollen in Horizon Europe to take up half 바카라사이트 programme¡¯s overall budget, but that it was increasingly focused on short-term goals.

European universities and science ministries also seem united in 바카라사이트ir frustration over 바카라사이트 flexibility of 바카라사이트 framework programmes¡¯ budgets, citing 바카라사이트 commission¡¯s ability to pinch funds for pet political projects.

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