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EU plans to ban Chinese universities from half of Horizon Europe

Beihang University in Beijing, one of China’s Seven Sons of National Defence universities that is set to be excluded from Horizon Europe. Photo credits: Peiyu Liu / Flickr The European Commission plans to kick China out of half of its €93. 5 billion Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, including prohibiting joint work with European scientists on health topics. A.

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Commission considers ‘lottery’ awards for Horizon Europe

Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva speaking on September 16 during the Commission’s Research & Innovation days. Photo credits: Ekaterina Zaharieva / LinkedIn The European Commission is considering introducing randomisation, or lottery funding, in the next Horizon Europe programme after observing national funders pilot the approach. Under this model, proposals that meet a quality threshold are entered.