The League of European Research Universities (LERU) urges the European Commission to “ensure that precompetitive collaborative research and innovation (R&I) funding remains a central part of the next R&I Framework Programme (FP10)”, in a note published on Wednesday 2 April.
It highlights the essential role that this type of funding plays in encouraging cross-sectoral, cross-border and interdisciplinary collaboration to tackle Europe’s most pressing industrial and societal challenges....