What’s ahead for the EU research and innovation fund?

posted on Jun 5, 2025
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In her speech at the Annual EU Budget Conference, European Commission President Von der Leyen stated, “Our framework programme Horizon Europe will stay as a self-standing programme…tightly connected to our Competitiveness Fund. We need a seamless flow from fundamental research to applied research to start-ups to scale-up.”

This announcement inspired some relief among the research community, who interpreted it as a decision to keep FP10 independent of the Competitiveness Fund. However, some remain wary that the implementation details could undermine this autonomy.

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