EUROHORCs is a European association of the heads of research funding organisations (RFO) and research performing organisations (RPO).
The acronym originates from European Heads of Research Councils. EUROHORCs was established in 1992 as an informal association of national research councils and public non-university research organisations of the EU Member States and Associated Countries.
In the last few years, EUROHORCs has become an active player in the field of European research policy by promoting and enhancing inter-council cooperation. EUROHORCs seek to enhance the role of the national research funding and research performing organisations in Europe through creating a platform for discussion, initiating joint activities and strengthening their influence on European research policy.
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07/06/2010
Election of new Vice Presidents and new Steering Committee Members
Two new Vice Presidents and two new Steering Committee Members were elected at the General Assembly meeting on 29th May 2010 in Frankfurt. The new Vice Presidents are André Syrota (The National Institute of Health and Medical Research, France) and Frank Gannon (Science Foundation Ireland, his term will start in autumn 2010). The new SC members are Véronique Halloin (Fund for Scientific Research – FNRS, Belgium) and Jos Engelen (The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research).
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30/04/2010
EUROHORCs’ Principles for the further development of the European Research Area (ERA)
In continuation of its effort to support the further successful development of the ERA, EUROHORCs wishes to work actively with the Commission to achieve common goals. EUROHORCs has thus formulated a number of principles and recommendations on research funding activities that it considers crucial for the realisation of a strong ERA. The principles comprise continuing support of basic research, applying excellence as the central criterion for European research funding, facilitating mobility, re-partitioning work between the national and the European level as well as simplifying the rules for research funding.
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30/04/2010
EUROHORCs’ Key elements for simplifying the implementation of the research framework programmes
Following the EUROHORCs paper on Basic Principles for Robust Rules published in December 2009, EUROHORCs would like to contribute to the debate on simplifying the implementation of the research framework programmes. By focussing on a number of key elements for the improvement of the implementation of the research framework programmes, EUROHORCs seeks to help diminishing the administrative hurdles that the scientific community faces today. These key elements include consistent and traceable application of rules, acceptance of national authorities’ accounting practices, introduction of a science-based approach for control efforts, reinforcement of scientific/technical monitoring and implementation of a “project-specific lump sum”.
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