Horizon Europe successor will be a self-standing programme

The next European Union Framework Programme for research and innovation is set to remain independent but would still contribute to the European Competitiveness Fund, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during a speech on 20 May, writes Juliette Portala for Science|Business.

Von der Leyen said the successor to Horizon Europe, FP10, will remain “self-standing” yet be “tightly connected” to the new Competitiveness Fund. She said there needed to be a “seamless flow from fundamental research to applied research to start-ups to scale-up” but did not offer any details on how that would be implemented.

Her comments come after months of uncertainty surrounding the structure of the European Competitiveness Fund, which is expected to pull together EU investments in critical sectors, such as artificial intelligence, space, cleantech, biotechnology and defence.
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