News
... introduction of the Do No Significant Harm principle creates an additional administrative burden and adds to the complexity of project proposals and evaluations. EUA has advocated for programme simplification ...
24 Apr 2023
News
... Open Science, EU Missions, multidisciplinarity, inclusion of social sciences and the humanities, international cooperation, synergies with other funding programmes, and rules for participation and simplification. ...
27 Feb 2023
News
... as simplification by the European Commission, although offering different options for beneficiaries would have been more practical. The choice of a “corporate grant agreement”, which forms the basis for ...
27 Jul 2021
News
... than hourly rates as was the case in Horizon 2020. The European Commission has introduced this as a simplification measure. While EUA regrets that the Model Grant Agreement does not accommodate for variou ...
21 Jun 2021
News
EUA has issued a statement on the future Model Grant Agreement that is under preparation as part of the Horizon Europe implementation process.
To ensure major simplification and to mitigate the risk ...
02 Dec 2019
News
... Investment Funds, as well as nationally and globally funded projects. Simplification of processes connected to participation in funding programmes is therefore of high interest to universities.
One of ...
29 Aug 2019
News
... intentions of the co-legislators who have sought to integrate safeguards for further simplification and reduced burden for beneficiaries. They also open the door towards greater acceptance of the beneficiaries&rsquo ...
17 Apr 2019
News
... different angles, for instance by increasing synergies among EU-funded programmes to finance excellent but unsuccessful Horizon 2020 proposals. Simplification of the project application, implementation ...
10 Jan 2019
News
In the run-up to the Commission proposal for Horizon Europe’s rules for participation, universities call for effective simplification of EU funding management. Simpler rules for participation have the ...
31 May 2018
News
On 21 March 2018, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published the briefing paper “A contribution to simplification of EU research beyond Horizon 2020”.
EUA welcomes the initiative and ...
30 Mar 2018
News
... by offering more user-friendly tools and procedures. EUA consulted its membership on Erasmus+ in 2016 and developed concrete recommendations for the future programme. Further simplification ...
02 Feb 2018
Policy input
This EUA policy input aims to inform the development of the European Commission’s upcoming “European Strategy for Universities”.
Expected for the end of 2021 or early 2022, the aim of the strategy, ...
30 Jun 2021
Policy input
The process to renew the European Research Area (ERA) is gathering pace and is set to continue in the coming weeks, months and years. Building on previous policy positions, this policy input further expands ...
03 Dec 2020
Position
On 30 September 2020, The European Commission published a Communication on “Achieving the European Education Area by 2025”. It outlines key EU actions in education for the next five years. EUA welcomes ...
30 Oct 2020
Policy input
Following its pledge to design Horizon Europe together with stakeholders, the European Commission must now ensure that researchers are part of its response to mounting global challenges.
On the occasion ...
21 Sep 2020
Report
This report is the result of the study on Read & Publish agreements commissioned by EUA on behalf of 25 supporting organisations in May 2019. Carried out by Technopolis Group, the report explores the ...
15 Jul 2020
Policy input
The European Commission’s Industrial Strategy for Europe and the European Digital Strategy launched in the spring of 2020 offer an opportunity for a broad and holistic approach to fundamental challenges ...
23 Jun 2020
Briefing
In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, and its expected economic impact, this EUA briefing explores the possible implications for university funding in Europe in the short to medium term.
Based ...
18 May 2020
Policy input
Building synergies between education, research and innovation across disciplines is crucial to tackling the major challenges our societies face. As the European Union projects ambitious policy goals, such ...
09 Mar 2020
Policy input
... major simplification. This policy paper outlines those principles and provides a series of informed recommendations to facilitate the work of policy makers. ...
02 Dec 2019