The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached a political agreement on the future of the Horizon Europe research programme which will run between 2021-2027.
The final agreed budget for Horizon Europe is EUR 95.5 billion, in current prices, which includes an additional EUR 4 billion recently recovered during negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and EU Recovery Instrument.
Of note within the agreement, there is:
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EUR 7.962 billion for health research
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EUR 6.401 billion for Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
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EUR 2.405 billion for research infrastructures
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EUR 15.539 billion for digital, industry and space.
Following political endorsement by both the Council and the European Parliament, the agreement will be adopted as part of the regulation, which cannot be done formally until the adoption of the long-term EU budget 2021-2027.
It is expected that the programme will be ready to commence from 1 January 2021.
You can read more on the agreement here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20201207IPR93246/research-meps-reach-deal-with-council-on-horizon-europe-programme
