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Horizon Europe pilot scheme participants describe their experiences
On 21 September, Marc Lemaître, the European Commission’s top research and innovation official, said that the EU wants half of its R&I programme’s funding to be delivered using the lump-sum mode from 2027, up from about 5 per cent today.
With lump-sum funding, grant winners are given predefined amounts when they are judged to have achieved certain milestones in their projects, rather than being reimbursed for costs retrospectively.