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The first step needed to fix EU’s east-west research and innovation gap is to preserve the Horizon Europe budget and make sure member states do not tighten national research funding, policymakers told a Science|Business conference on Wednesday.

In an annual ritual, EU institutions are currently locking horns over next year’s budget for Horizon Europe. At the same time, EU governments are having to adjust their budgets in the light of the economic downturn caused by the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis.

The EIC awarded Seals of Excellence to 160 companies who submitted their applications for the EIC Accelerator March 2022 cut-off.  These companies’ proposals were judged by independent experts to meet all the EIC’s highly quality standards and deserve funding, but did not get it only due to budget limits.Seal of Excellence, the now well-known quality label, recognises the value of the proposal.

The project has prepared a very useful “set of Graphs on HE-MSCA-PF-2021 Call”
It includes graphs to present some statistical data related to the Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) call number HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 closed on 12 October 2021.

The project has prepared a very useful “set of Graphs on HE-MSCA-PF-2021 Call” 
It includes graphs to present some statistical data related to the Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) call number HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 closed on 12 October 2021. More specifically:

Since 1996, the Marie Skodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) have become the Union’s reference programme for doctoral education and postdoctoral training. The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) was established in 2008 in order to contribute to sustainable economic growth and competitiveness by reinforcing the innovation capacity of the European Union and its Member States.

The EIC Accelerator, with a unique offer of grants, blended finance and equity investments, has proven to be of high interest for start-ups and SMEs since its launch in March 2021. In particular with the current market context showing a withdrawal of new deep-tech investments by Venture Capital groups, the role of the EIC Accelerator is becoming increasingly important to provide early-stage support to promising start-ups and crowd-in other investors.