Sign the petition
We invite Researchers, Students, Research Organisations, and the Civil Society to sign the petition to their representatives in local goverments and to the European Council, asking for a more ambitious budget allocation to the next Research Framework Programme, Horizon Europe. Below, you can read the original letter in English and the letters to the ministries of the some Member States in their official language (see press release).
Signatories may want to sign both the petition in English AND for one or more of the Countries below .
Petition in English
This is the main text for the initiative. Below, the adaptations of the text to some of the EU Countries
Other Countries of the European Union will be added soon. If you want to contribute drafting the letter for your Country, please fill this form.
Snapshot of the campaign as of 25th April 2020
Signatories:
4200+
Organizations:
130+
Signatures collected
| Full Name | Position | Affiliation | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tea Romih | President | The Young Academy of Slovenia | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Roland Pieruschka | Senior Scientist | Forschungszentrum Jülich | Jülich | Germany |
| Ulrich Schurr | Institute Director | Forschungszentrum Jülich | Jülich | Germany |
| Claudia Jonak | Pricipal Scientist | AIT Austrian Institute of Technology | Tulln | Austria |
| Renaldas Raisutis | Chief researcher, professor | Kaunas University of Technology | Kaunas | Lithuania |
| Mark Aarts | Professor | Lab of Genetics, Wageningen University & Research | Wageningen | Netherlands |
| Richard Napier | Professor | University of Warwick | Coventry | UK |
| Lia Mladin | Researcher | Biological Research Center | Jibou | România |
| Ruud van den Bulk | Head Busiiness Development | Wageningen University & Research | Wageningen | Netherlands |
| Gerila Tafaj Tafaj | Odontology | Universidad Complutense Madrid | Tirana | Albania |
| Teemu Teeri | Professor | University of Helsinki | Helsinki | Finland |
| Eva Hnatkova | President | European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researachers (EURODOC) | Brussels | Belgium |
| Cher Farrugia | PhD student | University of Malta | Mosta | Malta |
| Camilo Morado Díaz | Postdoctoral Research Assistant | Universidad de Salamanca | Salamanca | España |
| Serena Dool | Postdoctoral Researcher | CBGP INRA | Montpellier | France |
| Nils Rostoks | Associated professor | University of Latvia | Riga | Latvia |
| Marco Rieckmann | Professor | University of Vechta | Vechta | Germany |
| Francesco Sanna | Student | LBS | London | UK |
| Radenka Krsmanovic Whiffen | MSCA Individual Fellow | ENEA | Rome | Italy |
| Guillermo Cortés Moreno | Postdoctoral researcher | Universidad de Granada | Granada | Spain |
| Branislava Baranovic | emeritus | Institute for social Research in Zagreb | Zagreb | Croatia |
| Catherine Volgenant | Ass. Professor | ACTA | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| Mustafa Yunus Eryaman | President | Turkish Educational Research Association | Canakkale | Turkey |
| Aurea Simon Soro | Postdoctoral Researcher | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | United States |
| Eva Hnátková | Open Science Coordinator for the Czech Republic | Czech National Library of Technology | Prague | Czech Republic |
| Hossein Amirabadi | Scientist | Postdoc | Utrecht | the Netherlands |
| Friederike Trogntz | Scientist | AIT Austrian Institute of Technology | Tulln | Austria |
| Haysam Ahmed | Postdoctoral Researcher | Leiden University | Leiden | Netherlands |
| Rigolot | Research Unit Director | INRAE-URFM | Avignon | France |
| José Luis Riechmann | Research Professor, Director | Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics | Barcelona | Spain |
| Elena Bencurova | post doc | University of Wuerzburg | Wuerzburg | Germany |
| Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey | Research Manager | VTT technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd | Espoo | Finland |
| Bruno Andrieu | Senior Scientist | INRAE | Thiverval-Grignon | France |
| Rainer Bögle | Initiative for Science in Europe | LMU, Munich, Germany | München | Germany |
| Wout Boerjan | Professor | VIB-Ghent University | Gent | Belgium |
| Guy | Post-doc | Leibnitz institute IPK | Gatersleben | Germany |
| Maja Ravnikar | head of thr department | National INstitute of Biology | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Pradeep Eranti | PhD Student | INSERM | Paris | France |
| Christian Hertig | PhD Student | Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research | Seeland OT Gatersleben | Germany |
| Jacques Gignoux | senior researcher | CNRS | Paris | France |
| Erik Alexandersson | Associate professor | PlantLink/SLU Alnarp | Alnarp | Sverige |
| Yvan Kraepiel | Maître de Conférence | Sorbonne Université | Paris | France |
| Susanne Vogelgsang | Head Research Group | Agroscope | Zurich | Switzerland |
| Jeyaraman Rajaraman | PostDoc | Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) | Gatersleben | Germany |
| Corné Pieterse | Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions | Utrecht University | Utrecht | Nederland |
| Tadeja Savi | Assistant Professor | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences | Vienna | Austria |
| Prof. Dr Thorsten Schnurbusch | Group Leader | Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) | 06466 Seeland | Germany |
| Ruben Riosa | Early Stage Researcher | University of Bonn | Bonn | Germania |
| Erkki Truve | prof. | Tallinn University of Technology | Tallinn | Estonia |
| Sarah Jane Cookson | Researcher | INRAE | Bordeaux | France |
| Tage Thorstensen | Researcher | Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research | Ås | Norge |
| Matt Aitkenhead | Soil Scientist | James Hutton Institute | Aberdeen | UK |
| Harry Boer | Senior researcher | VTT | Espoo | Finland |
| TImothy George | Rhizosphere Scientist | The James Hutton Institute | Dundee | UK |
| Laura Rossini | Associate Professor | University of Milan | Milano | Italy |
| Moldovan Marioara | Researcher | Babes Bloyai University | Cluj-Napoca | Romania |
| Alyssa Cirtwill | postdoctoral fellow | Stockholm University | Stockholm | Sweden |
| M.Victoria Ruiz-Méndez | Scientific Researcher | CSIC Instituto de la Grasa | Seville | Spain |
| Jelle Van Leene | Staff Scientist | VIB/UGHENT | Gent | Belgium |
| Helga Schinkel | Senior scientist | Fraunhofer | Aachen | Germany |
| Diana Marín | PHd student | Universidad Pública de Navarra | Pamplona | Spain |
| Diana Marín | PHd student | Universidad Pública de Navarra | Pamplona | Spain |
| Rafael Garcés | Research professor | Instituto de la Grasa, CSIC | Seville | Spain |
| Monika Schmoll | Senior Scientist | AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH | Tulln | Austria |
| Dr. Kausar Hussain Shah | Researcher | IPS, BOKU University, Vienna | Vienna | Austria |
| Dominik K. Großkinsky | Research Engineer | AIT Austrian Institute of Technology | Tulln | Austria |
| Reimondas Sliteris | Principal Researcher | Ultrasound Institute, Kaunas University of Technology | Kaunas | Lithuanian |
| Celia Miguel | Assistant Professor | University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences | Lisbon | Portugal |
| Annika Lems | Head of research group | Max Planck Institute | Halle | Germany |
| Routaboul | Researcher | INRAE | Toulouse | France |
| Holger Heuer | Scientist | Julius Kühn-Institut | Braunschweig | Germany |
| Liam Burke | Lecturer in Bacteriology | National University of Ireland Galway | Galway | Ireland |
| Anne Marie Power | Senior Lecturer in Marine Zoology | National University of Ireland Galway | Galway | Ireland |
| MARIA AMELIA SANCHEZ PINA | INVESTIGADOR CIENTIFICO (TENURED SCIENTIST) | CEBAS-CSIC | ESPINARDO-MURCIA | España |
| Ulla Holopainen-Mantila | Senior Scientist | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. | Espoo | Finland |
| Iris Frasheri | Assistant Professor | Department of Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology University Hospital, LMU Munich | Munich | Germany |
| Elena | Baldoni | National Research Council | Milano | Italia |
| Morten Lillemo | Researcher | Norwegian University of Life Sciences | Ås | Norge |
| Fabrizio Cillo | Research scientist | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche | BARI | Italia |
| Denis Vile | Researcher | INRAE | Montpellier | France |
| Patrick Schaefer | Professor | Ulm University | Ulm | DEU |
| Charles | Spillane | Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway. www.ryaninstitute.ie | Galway | Ireland |
| Bettina Hause | Group leader | Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry | Halle | Germany |
| Sandra Cortijo | Researcher | CNRS | Montpellier | France |
| Shizue Matsubara | Research Group Leader | Forschungszentrum Juelich | Juelich | Germany |
| Sandrine Bonhomme | Research Scientist (CRHC) | INRAE | Paris | France |
| Georg Schmidt | Senior researcher | VTT | Espoo | Finland |
| QUILOT | Researcher | INRAE | Avignon | France |
| Martin Drucker | Research director | INRAE | Colmar | France |
| Mourad Mnejja | Researcher | IRTA | Bellaterra | España |
| Julia Buitink | Research Director | Institut National en Recherche en Agronomie | 49070 Beaucouze | France |
| Rosa Laura Lopez Marques | Associate Professor | University of Copenhagen | Frederiksberg C | Denmark |
| Dr.Arnd Kuhn | Senior Scientist | Forschungszentrum Jülich | Jülich | Germany |
| Francesca Cardinale | Associate Professor | Università degli Studi di Torino | Grugliasco | Italia |
| Paula Elomaa | Professor | University of Helsinki | Helsinki | Finland |
| Franziska Turck | Research Group Leader | Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research | Köln | Germany |
| Suvi Häkkinen | Senior scientist | D.Sc.(Tech) | Espoo | Finland |
| Vaiotas Cicenas | researcher | KTU | Kaunas | Lithuania |
| About | Professor | Aix Marseille university | Marseille | France |
| Anneli Ritala | Principal Scientist | VTT | Espoo | Finland |