Albert CardonaThe "ERC President explains stricter application measures amid rising demand for funding" [1] and then scientists say, in an open letter, that's nuts, what you should be doing is increasing the overall funding of the Horizon program [2], because right now funding stands at a tiny fraction of the e.g., annual NIH budget in the US. Compare ~€2.5 billion/year for Horizon (for all disciplines) compared to over $45 billion/year for the NIH alone (NSF and Darpa would add even more). See [3] to sign the letter.
[3] Sign the letter: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOm6zpq_zwP8PFgvR9hoFynsxGkXT_xOVwO3J1lXFqodE2sg/viewform
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