League of European Research Universities (LERU)’s Post

#LERU recommendation for the incoming European Parliament & European Commission 🇪🇺. Increase investment in R&I&E. LERU asks the Commission: 🔸for an increased and ring-fenced budget for #FP10 and the #ErasmusPlus successor 🔸to push Member States to increase national and regional investment in R&I&E 🔸to incentivise private investment in R&I 🔸to set a new target for R&I investment at 4% of GDP Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8VVzHib

💡LERU’s blueprint for #FP10: Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) is a fundamental part of the FP. Setting quality standards, stimulation mobility, improving training … The European Commission’s MSCA play an important role for early-career researchers, which is very much needed as universities experience increasing difficulties to attract young people to the research profession. MSCA is and has been a fundamental part of the framework programmes and should stay that in #FP10. To achieve this, LERU underlines the need for an increased #MSCA budget and suggests a continued focus on #DoctoralNetworks and #PostdoctoralFellowships. 👇 Iliana Ivanova, Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, Ursula von der Leyen

#LERU recommendation for the incoming European Parliament & European Commission 🇪🇺. Create workable synergies between EU programmes and with EU funds. All EU programmes should keep their specific focus, but also should be able to reinforce each other through well-developed synergies. To make these synergies a reality, the means for creating them must be written into the legal texts of EU programmes. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8VVzHib

🤝 LERU and its global network partners sign Berlin statement! With this statement, #LERU, Russell Group of Universities, Association of American Universities (AAU), U15 Canada, The Group of Eight, #RU11, and German U15 re-affirm the values of research-intensive universities. Read the full statement. 👇

💡LERU’s blueprint for #FP10: create less prescriptive top-down priorities in FP10’s pillar II   The current level of detail in #HorizonEurope’s Strategic Plan is hampering the flexibility and agility of pillar II. Therefore, in FP10 the overall aim of different parts should be set out in clear and simple ways but the level of detail needs to limited. WPs and calls should not prescribe what approach to take or impact pathways to follow. Read the paper 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZcJwjMX Iliana Ivanova, Ursula von der Leyen, European Research Council (ERC), European Commission

EU leaders adopted the strategic agenda for 2024-2029, a policy plan that steers the EU's future direction and goals, with a special focus on a prosperous and competitive Europe 🇪🇺 : “We will build up our own capacity in sensitive sectors and key technologies of the future, such as defence, space, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, semiconductors, 5G/6G, health, biotechnologies, net-zero technologies, mobility, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and advanced materials. Promoting innovation and research, as well as leveraging tools such as public procurement, is crucial in this endeavour.” “We will boost Europe’s research and innovation capacity in emerging and enabling technologies, including for dual use. Achieving industrial strength in key sectors also requires the Union to safeguard fair competition, fight unfair practices, and ensure a level playing field both internally and globally.” Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/efPxMwU9