Horizon 2020
the next EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation
Horizon 2020
the next EU Framework Programme
for Research and Innovation
On 30th November 2011 the Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn presented the official commission’s proposal for the new European Framework Programme to boost research, innovation and competitiveness in Europe.
The programme, with an overall budget of €80 billion, will follow the current FP7 and run from 2014 to 2020.
This proposal is now entering a discussion phase with the Council and the European Parliament, with a view to adoption before the end of 2013.
According to the Commissioner, “Horizon 2020 will provide direct stimulus to the economy and secure Europe’s science and technology base and industrial competitiveness for the future, promising a smarter, more sustainable and more inclusive society."
For the first time, Horizon 2020 will bring together all EU research and innovation funding under a single programme. It focuses more than ever on turning scientific breakthroughs into innovative products and services that provide business opportunities and change people’s lives for the better.
At the same time it drastically cuts red tape, with simplification of rules and procedures to attract more top researchers and a broader range of innovative businesses.
Horizon 2020 will focus funds on three key objectives:
- support the EU’s position as a world leader in science with a dedicated budget of €24.6 billion,
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- help secure industrial leadership in innovation with a budget of €17.9 billion,
- address major concerns shared by all Europeans with €31.7 billion, across six key themes:
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- Health, demographic change and well-being;
- Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and the bio-economy;
- Secure, clean and efficient energy;
- Smart, green and integrated transport;
- Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials;
- Inclusive, innovative and secure societies.
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