Networks under Horizon 2020
ERA-NET is a funding instrument of the EU Framework Programme that contributes to the promotion of cooperation between national research programmes and research funding agencies with a view to promoting research in Europe. ERA-NETs connect national or regional programmes, support cooperation and coordination between national and regional research programmes, increase the systematic exchange of information among programmes and chart obstacles to cooperation.
ERA-NETs organise multinational calls for joint research projects in fields chosen by the members of each network. The Commission’s funding for ERA-NETs has ended, but some networks have continued as independent funding networks or as part of Joint Programming. The RCF has also continued to participate in some of their activities and to fund the calls they organise.
Current ERA-NETs and other EU networks co-funded by the RCF:
Another form of European cooperation launched during the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme is Joint Programming, which is based on major European or global challenges that cannot be solved by national efforts alone.
Joint Programming enables a more coordinated approach by pooling together national resources such as research expertise, financial resources, research equipment, data and results. Additional value is provided by the opportunity to compile large-scale, comprehensive long-term programmes and by improved coordination and cooperation between different countries.
Some Joint Programming networks are still in operation, although Horizon 2020 has ended. The RCF still co-funds one initiative:
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