Press Release: EU research and innovation funding – immediate changes to cut red tape for researchers and SMEs

The European Commission has adopted measures to make participation in the EU's current Seventh Framework Programme for Research more attractive and more accessible to the best researchers and most innovative companies, especially Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). Based on the simplification plan unveiled by the Commission in April 2010, these measures will take effect at once.

European Commission: Memo/11/38: EU research and innovation funding – immediate changes to cut red tape for researchers and SMEs http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/38&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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