EUA > ERA Stakeholders Joint Statement on the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)

EUA > ERA Stakeholders Joint Statement on the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI): "The proposal shows the breakdown of funds to be taken from existing budget lines, the first being the “Connecting Europe Facility” (-3.3 billion Euros), dedicated to digital infrastructure development, followed by the Horizon 2020 programme (-2.7 billion Euros, out of a total budget of 70.2 billion Euros). In particular, the European Research Council (ERC), the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) and the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT), core components of the EU research policy, would be heavily hit over the whole period. For example, the ERC funds could be reduced by 221.2 million Euros and MSCA by about 100 million Euros, while the EIT would contribute 350 million Euros (making for a cut of about 13% of the EIT budget). Research related to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) would also take a large part of the Horizon 2020 budget cut (306.8 million Euros). "



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