The European Commission has asked for an extra €678 million for Framework 7, as part of nearly €1 billion of additional funds requested to boost research, innovation and education programmes in 2013. The request is part of a proposal to…
ERC Budget Increase: Good News for “Blue Skies” Research
The Times Higher Education reports today that the “blue skies” focused European Research Council will have an annual budget increase of 23% to €1.6bn: Funding for the highly regarded European Research Council, which finances “frontier” research, will rise by 23…
What Will The Budget Mean For Research and HE?
There has been quite a lot of speculation recently on the implications of last week’s budget for the UK Higher Education sector in general, and research funding in particular. ResearchResearch.com reports on two responses to this question: Universities fearful of…