LERU, the League of European Research Universities, has published a statement strongly supporting an increase of the Horizon Europe 2024 budget compared to the European Commission proposal, as also advocated by the European Parliament, and in contrast with the ECOFIN Council who wants to cut the budget.
LERU states that the Horizon Europe budget is “almost constantly being squeezed to co-fund new EU priorities and policy initiatives”. LERU also applauds the EP’s proposal to seek additional Member State funding for STEP, the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform, avoiding in this way the move of €800 million from Horizon Europe’s pillar II to the EIC Accelerator in pillar III, which would be used for STEP investments.
Stop cutting and diverting the budget of European Framework Programme Horizon Europe | LERU