Rate is down from 20 per cent for previous EU R&D programme
Applicants for funding from the EU’s 2014-20 R&D programme, Horizon 2020, had a success rate of just under 12 per cent over the first six years of the programme, according to the latest data.
This compares with a success rate of 20 per cent for the previous EU R&D programme, Framework 7. It comes despite Horizon 2020 having a budget of about €77 billion, up from the roughly €50bn budget of FP7.