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European Association of Innovation Consultants fears new applicants will become demotivated
Funding calls from the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme should be given a narrower focus to raise success rates among applicants, a group of innovation consultants has said.
“We urge the commission to consider restricting the focus of topics when the budget available cannot meet a large part of applicants’ expectations,” which carries the risk that it will “demotivate newcomers”, the European Association of Innovation Consultants said on 29 July.