🔵 Next MFF – From Policy to Practice: How Technical Universities Drive Europe’s #R&I Impact

🗓️ 2 Mar 2026, 17:00–21:00 CET 📍 Brussels

Join TU Austria & TU9 to discuss #FP10, the #EuropeanCompetitivenessFund & what’s needed for Europe’s #competitiveness.
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As negotiations on the #EuropeanCompetitivenessFund and the next #HorizonEurope (2028–2034) move forward, TP Organics calls on the @europarl.europa.eu and the @consilium.europa.eu to recognise agri-food systems as strategic economic sectors in their own right.

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Developed with input from the #OrganicTargets4EU project, this agenda comes at a crucial time as Europe prepares for the next #HorizonEurope (2028–2034) and the #EuropeanCompetitivenessFund.

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EU countries divided over geographical rules in Competitiveness Fund The geographical distribution of EU funding for innovative technologies is set to be debated at the highest political level, after it emerged as a possible source of disagreement during a meeting of…

EU countries are split over the new #EuropeanCompetitivenessFund, some want #GeographicalBalance, others demand pure #Excellence. The choice will shape Europe’s #Innovation future.

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‘Self-standing’ FP10 will be ‘tightly connected’ to new competitiveness fund, Von der Leyen says The next Framework Programme for research and innovation is set to remain independent but would still contribute to the European Competitiveness Fund, European Commission president Ursula von der…

💬“Horizon Europe will stay as a self-standing programme,” said @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, but it’ll be “tightly connected” to the new #EuropeanCompetitivenessFund.
The fund aims to streamline EU investment in #AI, #cleantech, #biotech, #space & #defence, from research to market. buff.ly/5ar2tZc

Viewpoint: Europe’s research community needs more clarity (and respect) Since Ursula von der Leyen started her second mandate at the helm of the European Commission, one thing has become abundantly clear: the EU needs to focus its efforts on defence and competitiveness…

💭Florin Zubașcu's viewpoint highlights confusion in Europe's research community due to the EU's focus on defense and competitiveness under von der Leyen's leadership. Concerns include uncertainty in research funding, potential changes to #FP10 and the #EuropeanCompetitivenessFund.
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Leaked budget plans spark fears for EU health funding Stakeholders and lawmakers are increasingly concerned about the fate of the EU budget pot dedicated to health, which may either be merged with other funds or worse, disappear, according to a leaked ea...

💶 Leaked EU budget plans spark fears for #EUHealth funding downgrade and a return to ‘living off crumbs’.

Leaked draft of EU budget restructuring plan, seen by Euronews, suggests that health funding could be consolidated into a single #EuropeanCompetitivenessFund

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