EU support to fill the gap between research and commercialisation needs improvement in future programmes

News Tank Academic - Paris - News #457286 - Published on 15/10/26 at 17:01
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The European Court of Auditors (ECA) calls for strengthening technology transfer and market uptake, as it publishes a report saying funding for close-to-market research under the "industrial leadership" priority of Horizon 2020 (the EU’s 2014-2020 research flagship programme) was not sufficiently geared towards commercialisation of innovative ideas and products.

Published on 15/10/2026, the ECA report states that a stronger focus on commercialisation, scale-up and measurable impact will be essential in future programmes to maximise the return on public investment.

If €17 billion of support was made available between 2014 and 2020 to strengthen the innovation and growth potential of EU businesses, funding for close-to-market research did not systematically target projects with the highest…

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