The European Commission’s main mechanism for funding research and innovation is for the period 2021 to 2027, with a budget in excess of €95.5 billion.
(The previous programme, Horizon 2020, started in January 2014 and ran for seven years until the end of December 2020. Horizon 2020 had a budget of nearly €80 billion. Details of the programme can be found at the Horizon 2020 page.)
Acting as a specialist unit , the EU Team provides advice to ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ to help it maximise its return on available funding opportunities from Horizon Europe. The Team fulfils a core role as the source of specialist analysis and advice for ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ on Horizon Europe R&I policy, legal, and contractual aspects of EU research & innovation funding and works closely with staff across ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ - from academic staff, Faculty Research Services, Department operations, Research Support and Compliance Division, and other central ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ administrative teams - to support EU research and innovation funding at ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.
The Team acts as the single external liaison for agreements mandated by the grant funding terms or otherwise agreed between the collaborators as advisable to implement the collaboration (pre-Award agreements such as Consortium Agreements.)
As a process efficiency to ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Faculties, and to benefit partner relationships in research collaborations, they act as the single Grant Agreement signatory, for grants which have been authorised by Faculties in accordance with ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s policies for the management of research proposals and agreements.
If you have a query on the costing of new applications or the financial management of ongoing projects, please contact your Research Services Team / Joint Research Office.
EU Contacts
James Lloyd Contracts Manager (EU), primary contact consortium agreements, MSCA and related contracts. Authorised signatory for Grant Agreements.
Branwen Hide Funding Strategy Manager, primary advisor for ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s academic research community who are interested in collaborative funding opportunities with the European Commission
For regular updates on the Horizon Europe programme, including information about upcoming information events and call launches, you can also .
Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers
³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ is dedicated to creating a positive research culture and to providing sector-leading support and professional development to all its researchers. Following our ambition to equip and empower all researchers at ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ to succeed in their chosen careers, the College became a signatory of the new Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers in March 2020.
The Concordat is an agreement between funders and employers of researchers in the UK. It aims to set the “gold standard of researcher development” by committing funders, institutions, researchers and managers of researchers to create a healthy and supportive research environment and culture for researchers to realise their potential.