Post #2991146
2026-04-22 21:21 UTC
As the open letters says:
"Given ERC’s demonstrated return on investment of∼€6 to ∼€11 in benefits or GDP gains per €1 invested, this would be one of the most cost-effective actions for European innovation policy."
In other words: raise the research budget (and stop throwing money at wars, the military, and leaking money through corruption).
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@AnaVinuela@mas.to 2026-04-22 21:30
@albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz I'm so pissed of with this shit. And I'm pretty sure I'm never getting and most likely never even applying for an ERC grant. But this is insulting. Everyone knows that the problem is that they're is no enough funding and their solution is to make it impossible for those already without money to even try more than once.
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@riley@toot.cat 2026-04-23 06:46
@albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz Er, in Europe's present-day context, the war mostly being spent on is the Russia's invasion on Ukraine. If we stopped funding Ukraine's defence, millions of peaceful people would die, and Europe would be much lessened.