The Guild warns against prioritising EU partnerships solely based on their strategic themes

News Tank Academic - Brussels - News #458421 - Published on 26/10/26 at 14:00
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Research-intensive universities have called for continuing successful EU joint undertakings under the next Horizon Europe programme, warning against prioritising partnerships solely based on their strategic themes.

The Guild published on 26/10/2026 a statement on EU Partnerships, welcoming "the member states’ support for continuing Global Health EDCTP3, EuroHPC and the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) joint undertakings."

The Guild warned that prioritising partnerships by strategic theme without considering the quality and comparability of their collaborative models could undermine effective governance and implementation, as well as partners’ confidence in continuing to invest.

It argued that partnership selection under FP10 should follow the award criteria set out in Article 25(1) of…

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