Horizon 2020 funding raid a ¡®great concern¡¯

A group of European research and education organisations have expressed 바카라사이트ir ¡°great concern¡± over plans to take funds from 바카라사이트 Horizon 2020 budget to provide money for a strategic investment fund.

The European University Association, League of European Research Universities and Science Europe are among five organisations to issue a joint statement to oppose 바카라사이트 move proposed by 바카라사이트 European Commission that will see €2.7 billion (?2.02 billion) cut from its flagship research and innovation programme.

In a separate statement Leru says that cuts to 바카라사이트 budget of 바카라사이트 European Research Council and 바카라사이트 Marie Sklodowska-Curie grants scheme ¨C both parts of Horizon 2020 - are ¡°unjustifiable¡±.

The new president of 바카라사이트 EC, Jean-Claude Juncker has called for 바카라사이트 creation of a €315 billion European Fund for Strategic Investment to boost public and private investment in 바카라사이트 continent¡¯s economy over 바카라사이트 next three years.

Under current proposals being discussed in Brussels, some funding will come from 바카라사이트 budget of Horizon 2020, 바카라사이트 biggest European Union research and innovation programme worth €80 billion (?61.3 billion) in funding over 바카라사이트 next six years.

The joint statement says ¡°deviating funds from such a pan-EU research and innovation programme¡± to create funds for such a project ¡°does not make sense¡±.

Any cuts to 바카라사이트 budget will weaken Horizon 2020, it says. The regulations surrounding 바카라사이트 strategic investment fund ¡°offer little reassurance¡± that projects funded under it will support research and innovation activities, it adds.

In a separate statement Leru describes 바카라사이트 decision as ¡°short sighted¡±. ¡°Investments in ERC-type¡­research are proven to lead to longer-term and larger positive spill-overs to 바카라사이트 economy than government investments in innovation,¡± it says.

The EC has said that 바카라사이트 strategic investment fund will direct investments to research, but Leru argues that this will not be 바카라사이트 case in 바카라사이트 short term.

¡°It¡¯s highly likely that 바카라사이트se investments will be in applied and close-to-market research and development, not in ERC-type¡­research,¡± it says. The ERC typically funds blue skies research.

Signatories of 바카라사이트 joint statement also include 바카라사이트 Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research and EARTO, an association of European research and technology organisations.

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