As the roll out of this less bureaucratic type of funding continues, we look at how it has been distributed
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Horizon Europe’s roll out of lump sum funding is gathering speed, with €1.3 billion awarded in the new, less reporting-heavy way by the end of 2023, according to the European Commission.
Lump sums were introduced to the Horizon Europe research programme after a relatively small trial in the previous programme Horizon 2020. Beneficiaries no longer have to account for every euro spent, instead getting funding as a lump sum.
The intention is to reduce bureaucratic overheads and cut high error rates in EU spending on research. However, the move hasn’t been particularly popular. Here’s a list of reasons why research managers are sceptical. …
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