Press Release: Commission to boost research and innovation by making it easier to apply for and manage EU grants

The European Commission unveiled on 29 April 2010 a plan to simplify the procedures for taking part in EU-funded research projects. The overall aim is to make participation transparent and attractive to the best researchers and innovative companies in Europe and beyond. Ensuring European research realises its full potential is crucial to the EU's Europe 2020 Strategy, given the need to consolidate economic recovery and develop new sources of growth and jobs to replace those lost in the crisis. Complementing the proposals on simplification, the Commission has also appointed a group of independent experts to review all aspects of the current Seventh Framework Programme.

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/10/156:Commission to cut further red tape in research funding procedures - Questions and Answers http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/156&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/10/194: Opening Remarks at the Press Conference on Simplification of Research Funding http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/194&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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