04/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 2 June, Maria da Graça Carvalho (EPP, Portugal), Rapporteur on simplification of the implementation of research framework programmes, set out her priorities on simplifying rules for participation in existing and future European science and innovation programmes. The aim of her report is to “make it easier to apply for EU grants and simplify their management”. She suggests that financial control mechanisms should be simplified, and that rules and...