EU Funding: Domestic Researchers Secured Over 1.5 Billion Euros
This was announced by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) in a press release on Thursday. Austria ranks ninth among all states participating in the program, with a share of 3.2 percent of the total budget allocated so far.
In the current period - from 2021 to 2027 - Horizon Europe is endowed with a total of 95.5 billion euros. The FFG acts as the "National Contact Point" (NCP) for the implementation of the EU program. The good interim results confirm "the high competitiveness of Austrian research and companies at the European level."
Next Research Program Casts Its Shadow
The two remaining years in the program should be "intensively used to secure further returns and to specifically prepare for the upcoming EU framework program," said FFG Managing Director Henrietta Egerth. Co-Managing Director Karin Tausz pointed out that the EU is currently setting the course for the next research framework program starting in 2028.
The EU Commission's proposal for the budget for the years 2028-2034 includes an independent research framework program again. According to the plans, it is to be endowed with 175 billion euros, which would be significantly below the recommendation of an expert group, which also included the President of the Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Heinz Faßmann: The group had demanded 220 billion euros.
(APA/Red)
This article has been automatically translated, read the original article here.