On Friday 1 December, European ministers for research debated the future 9th framework research and development programme (FRDP), which is due to take over from the Horizon 2020 programme after 2020.
The Estonian Minister, Mailis Reps, said this ministerial debate was a “simple warm up” for the “intense and sometimes passionate” discussions the member states will have to define the parameters of the 9th framework programme.
Discussions focused on the definition of the party missions...