The time and money spent writing applications is through the roof, and once more there are calls for simplification. But how?  

Funding for core activities will go on, even though knowledge and innovation communities are meant to become financially independent in 2025

Countries associated to Horizon Europe are increasing involvement, especially old-timers Norway, Turkey and Ukraine

The Commission’s push to create synergies between different funds is bearing fruit

Evaluator Marcus Collier gives a peak into its peer review process and shares tips for winning ERC grants

Here’s a list of funding opportunities in the EU, UK, Israel, Uruguay, Canada and the US

Government plans to end fiscal incentives for start-ups, while the 2025 increase in the research budget is less than previously agreed

New European Patent Office analysis also finds the continent remains fractured when it comes to innnovation

Participation is down, but there is more money, especially for partners in low and middle income countries

Public funding based on dialogue and setting agreed outcomes is beginning to edge out quantitative performance-based funding formulae