EUREC has sent a letter to decision makers in the European Commission with priorities for the upcoming European Research and Innovation Framework Programme (FP10), particularly in terms of its budget, and which reiterates the importance of collaborative research. EUREC’s members, as representatives of the research community in Europe, have been involved in renewable energy R&D and therefore have significant experience and insight as beneficiaries of projects from the Horizon Europe programme and its predecessors. 

EUREC’s main policy recommendations for FP10 are to:  

• double the budget of FP10 to at least €200 billion for the next 7-year period; 
• build a project pipeline along the value chain of TRLs via connecting FP10 with other funds;  
• reinforce the use of PPPs in FP10 and consider extending it to other renewable energy sectors; 
• at least 50% of FP10’s budget to fund collaborative work under ‘Clusters’ in Pillar II; 
• increase the proportion of the budget going to ‘Clusters’ on ‘Digital, Industry and Space’ and ‘Climate, Energy and Mobility’. 

You can read the letter in full, which also provides concrete examples of successful Horizon Europe projects, here.