The new common strategic framework for research, now dubbed 'Horizon 2020', will absorb existing research funding such as the European Institute of Technology (EIT) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).
The EIT is currently administered by the Commission's education department, whilst the CIPs are administered by DG Enterprise and DG Energy. Some or all of these departments' controls could disappear depending on how the funds are positioned within Horizon 2020, the full details of which will be revealed in October.
The draft MFF does not specify a separate line of funding for the programmes, leading to uncertainty over how much they will receive and how they will be administered internally within the Commission.
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