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The capacity of private and public actors to take up and develop state-of-the-art technology varies considerably among EU Member States. To tackle this innovation divide, the EU has focused increasingly on ensuring wider participation in its research and innovation (R&I) funding programmes, introducing specific measures to unlock the potential of low-innovation countries and promoting synergies with the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs). The European Court of Auditors (ECA) is conducting an audit to assess the action taken by the European Commission to achieve this Horizon 2020 ‘widening’ objective.
Minister Heydon announces grant awards of over â¬1 million under two transnational European Research Area Networks
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD, today announced awards by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of over â¬1 million for Irish researchers, collaborating in five international research projects. These awards arise under European Research Area Networks (ERANETs) co-funded competitive research Calls and relate to information and communications technology (ICT) and data innovations in the agri-food system, and the improvement of animal health via novel vaccine technology platforms and diagnostics.
Announcing the awards today the Minister said:
01 Feb 2021 | Viewpoint
Horizon Europe: the world’s most ambitious research and innovation programme at the service of society
On 2 February, the European Commission announces its plans for the launch of Horizon Europe, its next R&D programme. In this essay for Science|Business, Commissioner Mariya Gabriel restates the broad goals of the programme.
Mariya Gabriel, EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. Photo: EU Commission.
There remain many administrative and legal steps still to complete before any of the €95.5 billion budget can start flowing to researchers and innovators around the EU. The first formal call for grant applications is expected around April. Science|Business will continue to keep its readers apprised of all the details as they unfold.
At the start of the 2021-27 programming period,
Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, will discuss the priorities of the new cohesion policy, its role for a fair recovery and how to coordinate it with the other EU investment tools. 4 February: Debate on the Recovery of the Cultural and Creative Sectors and on the New European Research Area
Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, will discuss the importance and challenges of recovery of the cultural and creative sectors, as well as the New European Research Area, for the creation of a single market for research, innovation and technology across the EU.
The launch of Horizon Europe: The EU initiative for research and innovation
Marco Stief of Maiwald takes a closer look at the key elements of the scientific research initiative that succeeded the Horizon 2020 framework programme Sponsored by January 28 2021
January 1 2021 saw the launch of the world s largest single funding programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe. The initiative has a budget of around €95.5 billion (approximately $116.3 billion) for the programme period from 2021 to 2027.
New features in Horizon Europe 2020, as compared to its predecessor programme, include: the institutionalisation of the European Innovation Council (EIC), as well as the introduction of strategic planning processes and topic-driven missions. The purpose of the revised programme is to foster and protect a knowledge-driven, innovation-friendly society, and to develop a globally competitive and environmentally sustainable