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Financing research and innovation
EU research and innovation – BusinessEurope priorities for 2024-2029
In brief
Adopt innovation-friendly regulation
Prioritise EU funding for industrial competitiveness
Reinforce collaboration and R&I ecosystems
Strengthen public-private partnerships...
Financing research and innovation
Financing research and innovation
Financing research and innovation
EU ministers made a decisive good step on research financing
Today, EU research ministers adopted the Council’s position on Horizon Europe, the next EU flagship programme for research and innovation.
Next to emergency financial support for millions of f...
Financing research and innovation
Regulatory sandboxes – An analytical paper by winnovation consulting
This analytical paper has been developed by winnovation consulting for BusinessEurope and does not reflect the position of BusinessEurope or of its member federations.
© winnovation consulting g...
Investing in innovation
European Research Area (ERA) – Letter from Markus J. Beyrer to EU Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager and EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
Attached to the letter: 'Open Science - a business view on open research data', 14 May 2020...
Financing research and innovation
Open Science – a business view on open research data
Key messages
BusinessEurope acknowledges the huge potential of Open Science, which should not be an end in itself but rather a way to enhance Europe’s values, economic competitiveness and int...
Financing research and innovation
Financing research and innovation
Joint Statement for an Ambitious Horizon Europe Programme
We, the undersigned 93 European associations representing key European research & innovation stakeholders, hereby urge the EU Institutions to make research, development and innovation (RD&I) a...
Financing research and innovation
EU business proposals to lead the global innovation race
- 30 concrete policy proposals for the new EU political cycle -
Today, BusinessEurope published its new position paper on “Research and Innovation in the New European Cycle”, defining our key b...

Financing research and innovation
Research and innovation in the new European political cycle
KEY MESSAGES
Research and innovation is a societal imperative. We constantly need to invent new solutions to tackle major challenges facing us such as climate change, the ageing population, poverty...
Financing research and innovation
EU research and innovation: deal on Horizon Europe is a key step
Today, EU decision-makers have concluded negotiations on the architecture of Horizon Europe, the next flagship EU programme for research and innovation. The programme is key to place Europe on track o...
Financing research and innovation
EU Member States put EU innovation at risk
EU research and innovation projects are put at risk by Member States. If the Council fails to rapidly agree on the content of the future European research and innovation programme “Horizon Europ...
Investing in innovation
Future EU research funding: the clock is ticking
- High risk, negotiators fail to fix Horizon Europe architecture before EU elections -
Tomorrow’s discussion at the Competitiveness Council should give a clear sense of urgency to agree on the n...
Investing in innovation
Financing research and innovation
Horizon Europe: more – not less – to overcome the innovation gap
Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy voted on the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for the 2021-2027 period. The so-called Horizon...
Financing research and innovation
Research and innovation
Financing research and innovation
Financing research and innovation
BusinessEurope comments on Horizon Europe
KEY MESSAGES
BusinessEurope acknowledges the European Commission’s efforts to increase spending on research and innovation but would have liked to see even more ambition. The proposal is not...
Financing research and innovation