Science|Business
Policy Analysis: Investment, Policy
Published: 31 May 2012
Parliament in push to open up Horizon 2020

Peter Koekoek, Science|Business

Key MEPs are calling for specific measures to widen the horizon of the EU’s flagship research programme and ensure there is more participation from member states with less-developed R&D systems


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Leading members of the European Parliament are pushing for new initiatives to spread Horizon 2020’s proposed €80 billion in EU research and innovation funding more equitably across Europe, without abandoning its core principle of excellence.

Suggested measures for achieving this include matching richer universities with less well-off counterparts to apply for funding together in a new ‘twinning’ scheme, creating  a grant programme for researchers who return to less-developed member states, and improving coordination between Horizon 2020 and...

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Related subjects: European Research Council, Excellence, Horizon 2020, Structural Funds, Widening

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