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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lydia Mehra | Executive Assistant | Heidelberg University | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Andreas Just | apl. Prof. Dr. | University of Heidelberg | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Stefan Geibel | University Professor | Law | Heidelberg | Germay |
| Holger Fröning | Professor | Heidelberg University | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Betina Faist | academic staff member | Heidelberg University | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Prof. Dr. Ekkehart Reimer | Dean, Law Faculty | Universität Heidelberg | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Ana Oliveira | Group leader | University of Heidelberg | Heidelberg | Deutschland |
| Hausmann | Professor | University | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Kira Rehfeld | Group leader | Heidelberg University | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Max Jungmann | Executive Manager | Heidelberg Center for the Environment | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Dr Nele Schneidereit | Project Manager | Heidelberg University | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Tobias Just | Administarive Director | Marsilius Kolleg of Heidelberg University | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Martin Baumann | Head of the IT Service Unit "FIRE" | Heidelberg University | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Christiane Wiesenfeldt | Professor of Musicology | University Heidelberg | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Christian Kücherer | Professor | Reutlingen University | Reutlingen | Germany |
| Gudrun-Christine Schimpf | Researcher | Heidelberg University | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Laura Flander | University researcher | University of Helsinki | Helsinki | Finland |
| Sara | Student | NOVA University of Lisbon | Lisbon | Portugal |
| Michael Heurich | Assistant Professor | University College Dublin | Dublin | Ireland |
| Jacob Sydnes | Student | NTNU | Trondheim | Norway |
| Dr. Jörg Kraus | Research Department | Seminarstr. 2, | 69117 Heidelberg | Germany |
| Marco Andolfi | Manager | NGO Work | Berlin | Deutschland |
| Ana Slavec | Consulting statistician | InnoRenew CoE | Izola | Slovenija |
| Jernej Tiran | research fellow | Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts | Ljubljana | Slovenija |
| Marko Petrič | Full Professor | University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Dept. of Wood Science & Technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Atena-Bianca Solea | PhD student | University of Fribourg | Fribourg | Switzerland |
| Roland Pochet | secretary general | Belgian Brain Council | Bruxelles | Belgique |
| Amaya Peñalva-Arigita | Clinical dietitian & associated lecturer | Hospital Moisès Broggi % UB | Barcelona | Spain |
| David Gallardo-Pujol | Secretary General | European Association of Psychological Assessment | Barcelona | Spain |
| David Vogrinc | PhD student | University of Ljubljana, Faculty od Medicine | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Marion van Midden | Young Researcher | Jožef Stefan Institute | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Dino Manzoni | PhD | Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Matic Grojzdek | Assistant/PhD student/Young researcher | University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology | Kamnik | Slovenia |
| Lara Dular | PhD student | University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Andreja Benko | Architect | researcher | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Martin Ocepek | Head R&D Synthetic Resins | Helios TBLUS d.o.o. | Domzale | Slovenia |
| Aljaž Košmerlj | Researcher | Jožef Stefan Institute | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Danila Rijavec | PhD student | University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Public Administration | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Rok Zupančič | Associate Professor | University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Matja Zalar | Senior scientific officer | CRUK Beatson Institute | Glasgow | UK |
| Matic Proj | PhD student | University of Ljubljana | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Saša Poljak Istenič | research fellow | ZRC SAZU | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Jaka Razinger | Researcher | Kmetijski inštitut Slovenije | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Sebastian Dahle | Postdoc | University of Ljubljana | Ljubljana | SLOVENIJA,SVN |
| Aljaž Gaber | Assistant | University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Miha Humar | Vice dean | University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty | Ljubljana | Slovenija |
| Tanja Šumrada | PhD student | University of Ljubljana Biotechnical Faculty | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Boštjan Lesar | assistant profesor | Biotecnical faculty University of Ljubljana | Ljubljana | Slovenija |
| Urban Senica | PhD Student | ETH Zurich | Zürich | Switzerland |
| Luka Šturm | Researcher | Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Bostjan Campa | researcher | Terapevtska pomoc | Ljubljana | Slovenija |
| Selestina Gorgieva | Scientific associate | University of Maribor | Maribor | Slovenija |
| Matej Radinja | Researcher | University of Ljubljana | LJUBLJANA | Slovenia |
| Damien DUFOUR | PhD Student | Clermont auvergne University | Clermont-Fd | France |
| Kyoko Shinozaki | Prof. | University of Salzburg | Salzburg | Austria |
| Antoni Brack | emeritus Legal Aspects of Business Enterprise | University of Twente | Enschede | The Netherlands |
| Monika Orechova | PhD Student | Vilnius University | Vilnius | Lithuania |
| Christoph Cyranski | Project Manager | LINQ management GmbH | Berlin | Germany |
| Tea Romih | Research Assistant Professor | National Institute of Chemistry | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Giancarlo Pepponi | Head of R&D | Fondazione Bruno Kessler - CMM - MNF | Trento | Trento |
| Alexandra Zakieva | Doctoral candidate | Heidelberg University | Heidelberg | Germany |
| RUTH DEL FRESNO-GUILLEM | INDEPENDENT ART CONSERVATOR | NONE | RICHMOND HILL | CANADA |
| Jutta Mata | Professor | University of Mannheim | Mannheim | Germany |
| Swetlana Torno | PhD Researcher | Heidelberg University | Heidelberg | Germany |
| Frank Kupper | Assistant professor | Vrije Universiteit | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| Luka Kavčič | PhD | National Institute od Chemistry | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Alain Kaufmann | Head of research unit | University of Lausanne | Lausannee | Switerland |
| Rigas Arvanitis | Senior researcher and Director of Ceped (IRD) | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement | Paris | France |
| Marija Sola Spasic | Project Manager | University of Belgrade, School of electrical engineering | Belgrade | Serbia |
| Stefanie Schürz | Research Associate | ZSI GmbH | Vienna | Austria |
| André Mächler | Assistant to the Head of the EU Office | University of Göttingen | Göttingen | Germany |
| Nina Coombs | employee | university | Hannover | Germany |
| Maximilian Behn | Research Engineer | German Aerospace Center (DLR) | Berlin | Germany |
| Dr. Stefan Seiberling | Head of Research Support Dept. | University of Greifswald | Greifswald | Germany |
| Georgy Kazakov | Research Assistant | TU Wien | Vienna | Austria |
| Don Weenink | associate prof | University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam | netherlands |
| Sabrina Lux | private | private | Heidesee | Germany |
| Christian Lampei | Postdoc | University Münster | Münster | Germany |
| Sven-Joachim Kimmerle | R&D | Physical Software Solutions GmbH | Taufkirchen/München | Germany |
| Miguel Sousa | COO | company | Porto | Portugal |
| Hannes Ullrich | Associate Professor | DIW Berlin and University of Copenhagen | Berlin | Germany |
| Katharina König | EU research support manager | Leibniz University Hannover | Hannover | Germany |
| Benedetta Casu | Head of research group | University of Tuebingen | Tuebingen | Germany |
| Iulia Dondorici | Wiss. Mitarbeiterin | Free University Berlin | Berlin | Germany |
| Leandra Praetzel | Research Staff/PhD Student | WWU Münster | Münster | Germany |
| Dr. Julia Tiede | Researcher | University of Münster | Münster | Germany |
| Wieland Heim | Scientist | Münster University | Münster | Germany |
| Sebastian Herwig | Head of division | University of Münster | Münster | Germany |
| Martin Freitag | PhD student | WWU Münster | Münster | Germany |
| Petri Keronen | laboratory engineer | University of Helsinki | Helsinki | Finland |
| Kristin Tessmar-Raible | university professor | University of Vienna | Vienna | Austria |
| Christoph Scherber | Professor | University of Münster | Münster | Germany |
| Petra Weschenfelder | University Assistant postdoc | University of Vienna | Vienna | Austria |
| Georg Krawietz | Head of Section | German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD | Bonn | Germany |
| Dr. Hans Stallmann | Coordinator University Alliance Ruhr | University Alliance Ruhr | Bochum | Germany |
| Emmanuelle Quemin | post-doctoral fellow | Heinrich-Pette Institute and Universität Hamburg | Hamburg | Allemagne |
| Prof. Dr. Kristina Musholt | Professor | University of Leipzig | Leipzig | Germany |
| Sandra Seubert | Professor | Goethe Universität Frankfurt a.M. | Frankfurt a.M. | Deutschland |
| Pascal Herm | Bachelor Student | Leuphana University Lüneburg | Lüneburg | Germany |
| Georg Heiss | Lecturer | Freie Universität | Berlin | Germany |