On 19 February 2025, the ITRE Committee adopted a report on the evaluation of the implementation of the Horizon Europe programme with regard to its interim evaluation and recommendations for the tenth research framework programme. The plenary vote for this report is scheduled for 11 March 2025. The report was drafted by rapporteur MEP Christian Ehler.
MEPs acknowledge the administrative burdens faced by participants under the current Framework Programme, and emphasise the need for radical simplification in the application and management processes of FP10. Furthermore, based on extensive stakeholder feedback, FP10 should focus on three core objectives:
- Creating a European competition of ideas by accelerating the development from fundamental science to innovation scale-up;
- Supporting strategic research initiatives which require large-scale and European collaboration;
- Advancing the European Research Area.