Switzerland made a first step to be accepted into Horizon Europe by paying overdue contributions to cohesion funding. However, there is still a long way before joining Horizon Europe. The…

  The overall structure of the MSCA program in five sub-actions under Horizon 2020 remains the same in Horizon Europe and only the namings have changed: Innovative Training Networks (ITNs) become “Doctoral Networks”; Individual…

The member states are finally able to make targeted investments in R&D without requiring approval from Brussels, as the European Commission has finally adopted state aid exemption rules for research. It’s…

The European Commission renewed its efforts to get member states to raise their national public and private R&D investments. The pact seeks to convince member states to raise total private…

The list of third countries invited to join new funding calls includes the UK and 17 others, while research cooperation between the EU and Switzerland is on hold. The news…

The work programmes for Horizon Europe are now published. Download them RIGHT HERE. -Work programme & call documents -2021-2022 HE Main Work Programme 2021-2022 EIC Work Programme 2021 ERC Work…

The European Commission is standing firm on its plan to exclude researchers from the non-EU countries from “sensitive” parts of the bloc’s upcoming €95.5 billion research programme. The Commission wants…

Writing and managing EU-funded projects can turn into a painful experience. Why EU research needs professional support.   By Marco Liviantoni EU Senior Expert at EFMC - European Fund Management Consulting…

Researchers in EU13 countries are perplexing over how to tap new research programme to strengthen R&D systems, as a struggle to attract foreign talent due to low salaries, and pandemic-driven…

The clock is running fast, and you cannot wait for the end of May ’21 to start developing your proposal. Unfortunately, this is the foreseen timing for the completion of…