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Special Coverage - Horizon 2020, the EU's next research and innovation funding programme
Horizon 2020: Top Stories
Still room for improvement to ensure €70B Horizon 2020 delivers on innovation objectives
The architects of Horizon 2020 have worked long and hard to simplify things for researchers and SMEs. But bureaucratic barriers remain and there is still no proper system in place for tracking research outputs
Parliament vote against MMF prompts new round of lobbying on Horizon 2020
University and industry lobbyists are gearing up for a busy spring in Brussels, as the Parliament and the Council lock horns on the 2014 - 2020 budget, with investment in Horizon 2020 up for grabs once more
Figures emerge on size of Horizon 2020 – and now EU budget set to become a political football
Figures for the 2014 - 2020 research budget are starting to emerge despite a lack of clarity from the European Council. But MEPs are determined to reject the budget, and R&D could become part of a test of strength between the EU institutions
"We cannot accept this deal" - MEPs unhappy as Council agrees €908B budget
There's less for Horizon 2020 than the €80B the Commission proposed, though R&D will get more money than in FP7. With smoke and mirrors obscuring the true figures, MEPs say the real negotiations start now
Chorus of high-powered voices calls on member states to ringfence €80B for Horizon 2020
As the Council meets to continue negotiating the budget for 2014 – 2020, senior industrialists, R&D administrators, university vice chancellors, Nobel prize winners and grass roots scientists insist the proposed €80B Horizon 2020 budget must be approved
Two biggest research projects in EU history get €2B go-ahead
As the number one priority for ICT research, the 10-year FET Flagship projects in graphene and computer modelling of the brain announced this week are guaranteed €1B each - regardless of any cuts in the proposed €80B Horizon 2020 programme
Irish vow to push for early Horizon 2020 budget deal
Taking EU Presidency, Irish politicians hope for a deal by summer – but many predict the budget wrangling will continue all year
Commissioner calls on MEPs to lobby their governments on Horizon 2020 funding
It’s up to MEPs to ally with the Commission and stop the European Council cutting the proposed €80B research programme, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, R&D Commissioner, tells the European Parliament as negotiations reach a head
Plotting the shifts in Europe’s innovation ecosystem
Academics, SMEs and large companies are doing much more research in partnership. Science|Business looks back at some of the highlights of the move to open innovation in 2012, and the policy initiatives that are supporting this
Can EU = Entrepreneurship Union?
Experts say public procurement of innovation will help spur more start-ups. But a ‘bottom-up’ approach to designing EU programmes is also vital.
MEPs tell Council to prepare for a fight over Horizon 2020
The European Parliament’s Research, Industry and Energy Committee has adopted a tough negotiating position on the EU’s next research funding programme.
Regenerate the future: human embryonic stem cell research is crucial to deliver health and growth
Experts say cutting embryonic stem cell funding in Horizon 2020 will threaten progress Europe is making in developing safe, effective and well-regulated cell therapies - and in creating an economically important regenerative medicine sector
Experts debate: What Europe must do to maintain its lead in regenerative medicine
Europe currently leads the world in therapeutic applications of regenerative medicine. It has seen companies spin out from universities and approved products reaching the market. Science|Business brought together experts to discuss how to build on these foundations
View from Europe: Delivering on the vision of regenerative medicine and stem cells
The EU must continue to support human embryonic stem cell research to maintain its lead in regenerative medicine. The upcoming Irish Presidency needs to recognise the importance of this research and resist calls for a ban on funding in Horizon 2020
Time running short for agreement on €80 billion Horizon 2020 package
Is a frozen “rollover” budget for 2013 and beyond now likely? MEPs debate the EU budget at a Science|Business event, as negotiations between Parliament and Council collapse
Clamour grows for R&D budget to be increased in the face of cuts elsewhere
Research bodies and industry groups have joined Europe’s top scientists in calls to deliver on the proposal to increase the R&D budget to €80 billion
First shot across the bow in Horizon 2020 funding battle
The European Parliament has called for a “significant increase” in EU research and innovation funding, making a veiled threat to veto the EU’s long-term budget if member states try to cut European R&D funding
Horizon 2020: Special Coverage

Science|Business follows the multi-billion Horizon 2020 legislative package, which aims to boost innovation in Europe between 2014 and 2020, as its makes its way through the EU legislature in Brussels.

The European Commission introduced its first legislative proposal in November 2011, Parliament and Council now have to agree on a compromise in time for the first calls that are scheduled to be published in January 2014.

Horizon 2020 Guide - March 2013 Edition
Bigger, Simpler, Bolder - Third Edition of the Guide to Horizon 2020
Get a clear indication of the major themes and be up-to-date on the latest debates, opinions and proposals coming out of the Commission, Parliament and Council.
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Q&A with key MEPs on Horizon 2020 budget
Five key MEPs debated whether the political equivalent of a default would be better or worse for European research at a webcast conference organised by Science|Business in the European Parliament.
Viewpoints
We need large-scale experimentation platforms for cross-sector innovation in Europe
Now is not the time to cut funds for large-scale experimentation. The current economic dilemma of the EU is a golden opportunity to enable innovation breakthroughs at a system level, says Ioan Ciumasu
The party chatter: A long, cold year ahead for EU R&D funding
2013 promises more delay and infighting over the role of Brussels in European research and innovation. Our pledge: To keep up the pressure for a speedy resolution to disputes over future R&D funding
Horizon 2020 needs a stronger focus on innovation
The proposed €80B Horizon 2020 programme should give greater weight to mission-driven, problem-solving research, and to post-research development concludes a new study published by EARTO, the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations
For Europe’s future, support R&D now
The Science|Business Innovation Board issues a statement backing the EU’s €80 billion R&D programme, Horizon 2020 – and seeks support from other companies and universities
Horizon 2020: European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission released its Horizon 2020 proposal in November 2011, and details its strategy in an official communication.

The Commission put forward six legislative proposals:

Horizon 2020: European Parliament
European Parliament
In December 2012, the European Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) committee almost unanimously adopted amendments for the six distinctive parts of the Horizon 2020 legislation. Parliament will now have to reach a compromise with its co-legislator, the Council of Ministers.

Draft ITRE reports (June 2012):

Final ITRE reports (December 2012):

Horizon 2020: Council of Ministers

During 2012, the EU Council of Ministers adopted a series of common positions on the Horizon 2020 package.

 

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