Draft document shows Commission also aims to completely eject China’s Seven Sons of National Defence from the research programme
Beihang University in Beijing, one of China's Seven Sons of National Defence universities that is set to be excluded from Horizon Europe. Photo credits: Peiyu Liu / Flickr
The European Commission plans to kick China out of half of its €93.5 billion Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, including prohibiting joint work with European scientists on health topics.
A draft of next year’s work programme, which sets out Horizon Europe calls for 2026-27, proposes excluding Chinese entities from Clusters 1, 3 and 4, covering health, civil security for society, and digital, industry and space.
China’s Seven Sons of National Defence, a group of universities which focuses on the defence applications of science, will also be completely excluded from the programme. This follows a https://sciencebusiness.net/news/Horizon-Europe/despite-risks-eu-contin……
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