EUA against the reduced budget for Horizon 2022

European Council's proposal for reducing the Commission’s proposal for the 2022 budget of the Horizon Europe program by more than €300 million is being criticized by The European University Association-EUA, who support a reversal of the proposition and additional strengthening with €305 million.

Date: 21. 10. 2021

The European University Association-EUA states that the European Council's proposal for reducing the Commission’s proposal for the 2022 budget of the Horizon Europe program by more than €300 million came as a major surprise for the sector. The EUA, therefore, supports the European Parliament to reverse the cuts to Horizon Europe, and further strengthen it with an additional €305 million.

The importance of re-investment in research and innovation at the European level has never been clearer than during the pandemic. But it still remains difficult to convince member states to go beyond discourse and actually invest ambitiously in research and innovation. It is finally time to surpass critical underfunding of the EU’s R&I framework programs, to address a high share of excellent proposals not being funded, and boost the firepower of investments in R&I.

It is also crucial that the NextGenerationEU supports, rather than cuts funding for Horizon Europe. The R&I community in Europe, with universities at its core, is ready to deliver the research for a sustainable future, because now is the right time to invest in R&I in Europe.

We fully support the mission of EUA and believe that the budget cuts will be not only reversed but appropriately strengthened.

Type	Example	Notes
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Wild	cat*	Contain terms that begin with cat, such as category and the extact term cat itself
Exact-Single	orange	Contain the term orange
Exact-Phrase	"dnn is awesome"	Contain the exact phase dnn is awesome
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	orange OR bike
AND	orange AND bike	Contain both orange and bike. AND must be in uppercase
Combo	(agile OR extreme) AND methodology	Contain methodology and must also contain agile and/or extreme

Type

Example

Notes

Fuzzy

kettle~

Contain terms that are close to the word kettle, such as cattle

Wild

cat*

Contain terms that begin with cat, such as category and the extact term cat itself

Exact-Single

orange

Contain the term orange

Exact-Phrase

"dnn is awesome"

Contain the exact phase dnn is awesome

orange bike

Contain the term orange or bike, or both. OR, if used, must be in uppercase

orange OR bike

AND

orange AND bike

Contain both orange and bike. AND must be in uppercase

Combo

(agile OR extreme) AND methodology

Contain methodology and must also contain agile and/or extreme

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EUA against the reduced budget for Horizon 2022