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THER Missions and New demands but The programme that Regarding the implementation of the

programme, plans are afoot to continue
partnerships
also simplifications in
O THE O To increase the impact of the programme view goes further than number of pages for applications and
simplifying, for example by reducing the
by having a grant contract based on the
the European Union
and strengthen the participation of
The level of ambition in terms of open
ones used for the Commission’s other
citizens, Horizon Europe plans to
science is still high with Horizon Europe.
funding programmes.
Horizon Europe is not just
have what the Commission has called
In addition to free mandatory access to
reserved for EU member
“missions”, in reference to the missions
publications, researchers will all have to
open to what are called “associate
ON T of the Apollo programme: portfolios draw up a plan for managing data that countries: the programme is also A challenge for the
of programmes around measurable
researchers of the
will provide as much free access to that
countries”. These countries sign
objectives linked to the major challenges
data as possible.
WBF
an agreement with the Union and
facing mankind today. The aim is to go
make a financial contribution that
The universities and research bodies
beyond research and innovation, which
IZ will require other parties and resources will need to have a gender equality plan will enable their researchers to be While Horizon 2020 saw numerous new
eligible for funding. At the end of
parties take part in the programme, it
to be mobilised, based on terms yet to be
to enable the researchers from their
Horizon 2020, 16 countries such
shouldn’t be any different for Horizon
OM ONE HOR instruments in terms of public-private (second pillar clusters, missions, programme. framework programmes hope to increase
institutions to submit an application.
determined.
Europe. Some countries that have
as Switzerland, Norway, Israel and
Instead of a whole multitude of
For the top-down parts of the programme
benefited less until now from the
Tunisia were associated with the
partnerships), it will be a matter of
partnerships (in particular the Joint
their participation and are counting on
The negotiations of these
working with researchers from other
Technology Initiatives, JTIs) or public-public
the specific support provided by the
agreements for Horizon Europe
partnerships (such as the ERA-NETs),
disciplines, as well as other categories
transversal segment on “Expanding
have been delayed by the Brexit
of players: businesses, industries, public
these joint initiatives will be organised in
participation and developing excellence”
talks, but can now begin. To mark
providers, civil society, etc. In addition,
3 categories: institutional partnerships,
and the budget reserved for it.
the trading and cooperation
in terms of impact (scientific, social
co-financed partnerships (see insert p.
the EU and the United Kingdom,
of player develop who participates very
and economic) will probably require
25). The partnerships will be fewer, but
the two negotiating parties have
actively to the programme, particularly
FR jointly programmes partnerships and the strengthening of requirements agreement reached between Collaborative projects have seen a class
they will be more ambitious.
researchers to make an additional effort.
included Horizon Europe in the
as coordinators. To be able to join
list of programmes in which projects run by players such as these, it
the United Kingdom plans to is important for the researchers from the
participate. They have also stated WBF to have an extensive academic and Additional opportunities for researchers
their desire “that entities from the non-academic international network.
th
United Kingdom can take part in the From the 7 framework programme onwards, the FNRS has participated in
programmes and activities identified We are also currently seeing a trend European Research Area (ERA-NETs) projects. These networks enabled calls
in some countries to stop investing in
from the time they begin”. for multilateral projects to be organised between various European agencies:
fundamental research, with the expected researchers from different countries worked together to submit a project on
The European Commission plans consequence of more researchers a European scale, although they were all funded by the agency in their own
to extend the offer of association turning to the ERC, which risks influencing country. Under Horizon 2020, these networks were called ERA-NETs Cofund. The
beyond its near neighbours, to success rates. FNRS has taken part systematically in these networks once they were compatible
countries with high research with its mission: to develop fundamental scientific research by leaving an
potential, such as Japan or Canada. Nevertheless, with its 95 billion € over extensive capacity for initiative to the researchers within the topics for the calls.
However, it is still too early to say 7 years, Horizon Europe represents a
whether this aim can be brought formidable opportunity, both in terms Rationalising the partnerships
to fruition. of resources for research, but also for
the development of Europe-wide and With Horizon Europe, the European Commission has undertaken the
international collaborations. Because rationalisation of the landscapes of partnerships in order to avoid overlapping
we know that these collaborations result between initiatives and networks, but also to better align the partnerships in
in scientific publications that are more terms of the EU’s priorities. There are now only three major types of partnership.
visible and that have a greater scientific Those in which the FNRS is able to find a place are now called “co-financed
impact.
partnerships”.
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The FNRS has decided to continue its broad strategy of participation, as well as
to revalue the funding allocated to these projects. This means that researchers
by these partnerships and continue with international collaborations. However,
there will be fewer of these partnerships than under Horizon 2020. They
are (virtually) all in pillar 2 of Horizon Europe, “Global Issues and Industrial
Competitiveness”.
However, the Horizon Europe partnerships will not be the only international
collaboration opportunities offered by the FNRS. This is because it has just joined
the Weave network, which will be for non-thematic bottom-up calls .
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