Horizon Europe

With association still not agreed, there will be more backup funding, addressing concerns the safety net was inadequate. At the same time, the government confirmed it has allocated £6.8B over the next three years for Horizon Europe and other joint UK-EU research

In letters to EU and UK leaders, House of Lords European affairs committee calls for a ‘high-level political intervention’ to unblock the association talks

EU will not make any payments under existing contracts and has put four new Horizon Europe grant agreements involving Russian partners on hold

As ESA takes action, there are calls for the Commission to stop any more research funds flowing to Russia. Researchers there picked up €14M in the seven years of the EU’s Horizon 2020 research programme, with some of these projects running until 2026

Christian Ehler says the EU should suspend Horizon payments to Russia, as Germany freezes all research ties with Russia in unprecedented move

Participation in Horizon Europe is seen as keeping open channels of dialogue when politics has failed. But following Russia’s decision to recognise breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as sovereign states, and a threat to move in troops, some want all options on the table

Draft report by the Committee of Regions calls for a boost in research and innovation investment to enable member states with less developed science infrastructures contribute to the Horizon Europe mission

In a controversial move, newly proposed EU defence roadmap includes a plan to allow more synergies between civilian and defence research. Possible involvement of Horizon Europe is unclear in vaguely worded document.

European Parliament votes through a comprehensive report on cancer, setting out demands for the EU to do more to prevent, fight and research the disease that accounts for a fifth of all deaths in Europe

Following the suspension of the country’s parliament, the Commission says contingency measures are being considered so that Tunisian researchers can still participate