Co-ownership recognises desire for coordination and ECF’s control over collaborative research funding
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The European Commission directorates responsible for research and for industrial policy will jointly manage the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF), the Commission has confirmed. This reflects the close connection intended between the ECF and the Horizon Europe research programme, and the proposal that €68.2 billion of Horizon’s €75.8 billion budget for collaborative research be controlled by the ECF.
At the political level, ECF will be overseen by Ekaterina Zaharieva, the commissioner responsible for research, and Stéphane Séjourné, the commissioner responsible for industrial strategy. In turn, the directorates for research (DG RTD) and industrial policy (DG Grow) will manage the €410 billion ECF together.
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