22 Dec 2020 | News
Horizon Europe: years in the making, the programme is now set to start (almost) on time
Researchers react to the €95.5B deal, reflect on how we got here, and look ahead to the rollout of the programme and how it can achieve maximum impact
The campaign for a bigger and better-balanced EU research programme was long and filled with an uncertainty that was exacerbated by Brexit drama and a global pandemic. But now Horizon Europe is ready to start next year - shy of a formal endorsement by the EU Council and the European Parliament.
Technically speaking, money won t start flowing from the new programme for some weeks, because a lot of legal paperwork needs completing, Commission officials say. In the meantime, the Commission is disbursing funds authorised under the old programme, Horizon 2020.
Horizon Europe: years in the making, the programme is now set to start on time
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By Angeli Mehta2020-12-16T09:30:00+00:00
The European Research Council (ERC) has secured €1.1 billion (£1 billion) of extra funding just weeks before the EU’s new research programme, Horizon Europe, is due to begin. An all night negotiation session last week ended the deadlock over Europe’s €1.8 trillion budget and €750 billion recovery fund, caused by Hungary and Poland’s objections to linking the pay-out of funds to respect for the rule of law.
The breakthrough meant member states could work out how to apportion an extra €4 billion for research, which will come from future fines levied by the commission on businesses, and was negotiated by the parliament last month.
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