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Science|Business Funding Newswire No. 98 | 17 March 2026 | Sign up here 

Your source for funding analyses & insight 

Welcome to this week’s Science|Business Funding Newswire


The European Parliament’s rapporteurs on the next Horizon Europe programme have released their reports, laying the groundwork for the negotiations to come. Read our interview with lead rapporteur Christian Ehler and an analysis of changes to the proposal that would make Horizon Europe a more independent, expert-driven research programme.


Diving deeper, we also have analyses of the Parliament’s vision for Horizon Europe’s leading innovation and fundamental research schemes, the European Innovation Council and the European Research Council.


In funding news, more details have emerged on the European Commission’s draft plans for an update to the Horizon Europe work programme for 2026-27.


This week’s Funding Radar highlights a €39 million international call for materials research, and the Data Corner explores new figures that confirm the EU’s urban-rural innovation divide.


Finally, in case you missed it, read David Matthews’ long-form investigation into whether the shift to private R&D is holding back growth.

Articles featured in the Funding Newswire are available for individual subscribers or members of the Science|Business Network. 

FUNDING INTELLIGENCE

MEPs push for independent, expert-driven Horizon Europe


Lead MEPs publish their draft reports on next Horizon Europe programme, rejecting Commission plans for more top-down control

Q&A: Ehler calls for bottom-up Horizon Europe


Lead rapporteur explains in detail how the Parliament wants to shape the EU’s next research and innovation programme

MEPs plan to give European Innovation Council more independence


Battle lines drawn with the European Commission over whether to steer, or decentralise, EU research and innovation funding

Parliament to defend European Research Council independence


MEPs will head into Horizon Europe negotiations with a vision for the ERC that is starkly different to that of the European Commission

Exclusive: First peek at the Horizon Europe work programme 2026-27 update


Leaked Commission memo reveals details of biodiversity mega-call and bridging actions to the post-2027 EU research programme

Funding radar: Horizon Europe co-funds €39M materials call for projects


EU and member states call for projects on six topics supporting the European Green Deal

THE DATA CORNER

New data confirms EU’s urban-rural innovation divide


Innovation is mostly concentrated in urban areas, data shows, as regions call for tailored support measures for rural zones

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

The big read: is the shift to private R&D holding back growth?


New research suggests that public R&D spending is much more beneficial than private. Its neglect could help explain economic stagnation

We're adding more in-depth analyses, interviews, and stories of Europe's most successful grant recipients every week. Stay up-to-date:

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UPCOMING EVENTS

SPOTLIGHT

The road to FP10: How the European Council prepares for MFF negotiations

Brussels 

23 April 2026

UPCOMING

18 March. Horizon Europe info day on research infrastructures funding. More here.


19 March. A webinar on open science and intellectual property rights. Register here.


20 March. A Science Europe event on equality and inclusion in research. Register here.


24 March. The European Parliament's industry, research and energy committee debates its draft report on the next Horizon Europe programme, preparing for negotiations with the member states. Schedule here.


26 March. A practical workshop on bringing research results to the attention of policymakers, hosted by the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes. Register here.


26 March. Horizon Europe info day for Cluster 2, which covers culture, creativity and inclusive society research. More here.

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