European associations launch petition for a €200 billion Horizon Europe budget

29 European organisations have launched a petition calling on European decision makers to commit at least €200 billion to the next Horizon Europe programme. The associations, including amongst others EUA, EARTO, and BusinessEurope, underline that a strong Horizon Europe is not a cost, but a necessary investment. They argue that Europe cannot aim for greater sovereignty, resilience and technological independence while underinvesting in research, development and innovation.

The organisers state that Horizon Europe has demonstrated its unique added value - complementary to countries’ national policies and investments - through enabling cross-border collaborations and excellence-based competition between researchers, research institutions and industries at a scale no national programme could achieve alone.

The signatories of the petition are AERG, ALLEA, BusinessEurope, CESAER, Coimbra Group, EARTO, EASN, EASSH, ECMI, EERA, EGU, EMS, EPS, EPSO, EUA, EUCASS, EU-LIFE, Eurodoc, EuroTech, The Guild, ICORSA, ISE, LERU, MCAA, Orgalim, ResearchMatters, Science Europe, YAE and YERUN.

The petition can be found here:

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