… We recommend that funds should be allocated according to continental and global needs, …
objectives, such as the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2020, need continental-scale plans. …

… These individuals were invited to answer an on-line questionnaire regarding research
funding in the social sciences in Europe. Each distinct survey was respectively carried out in …

… This article aimed to investigate the ambitions and formation of EU social science research
funding policy. We sought explanations in the complex relationship of overarching policy …

… funding procedures at the European level and (2) reflect upon consequences for the competition
for research funding in the European funding … studies from 16 countries across Europe …

… We shall now argue that large-scale US government funding has helped create this … EU
funding of academic research should complement and compete with national sources of funding, …

… is how and to what extent observed social phenomena can be legitimately addressed as
consequences of the EU impact or whether they should, rather, be treated as outcomes of more …

… This analysis also shows that to understand the evolution of the politics-patronage-social
science nexus more fully, we need to recognize the special role of this civilian science agency …

… to advocate for the increase in EU research funding. The major support for Grand Challenges
was announced in the Lund Declaration ‘Europe must focus on the grand challenges of …

… and disciplines, including social sciences and the humanities. In fact, … Europe and their
impact on social cohesion. The development of innovative societies and policies in Europe need …

… to perceive EU funds as something that has to be spent in their own countries. … the EU
should be more efficient in its support to MSs led to a decisive change in 1989, ie Structural Funds …