EU budget agreement boosts European Research Council with extra €1.1bn
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Angeli Mehta2020-12-16T09:30:00
Researchers bemoan static funding in EU science programmes as final budget details hammered out
The European Research Council (ERC) has secured €1.1 billion (£1 billion) of extra funding just weeks before the EU’s new research programme, Horizon Europe, is due to begin. An all night negotiation session last week ended the deadlock over Europe’s €1.8 trillion budget and €750 billion recovery fund, caused by Hungary and Poland’s objections to linking the pay-out of funds to respect for the rule of law.