The European research budget is not insignificant. Horizon Europe 2021-2027 is the current vehicle that much of the funding is going through (European Research

The European research budget is not insignificant. Horizon Europe 2021-2027 is the current vehicle that much of the funding is going through (European Research Council [ERC] being one of the most well known parts). It has a budget for the time-frame (all years) of EUR 96,899,000,000. [1] Of that, the ERC has EUR 16B [2], Digital, Industry and Space has ~EUR 15B, Climate, Energy and Mobility has ~EUR 15B, and several other sub-groups have smaller amounts. Those then work with the country level organizations of Science Europe, and those together each spend about EUR 25B each year. [3] It's not insignificant. I tend to pay attention to space, and lately almost all there's been is European achievements in telescopes and astronomy. [1] Horizon Europe, https://www.ffg.at/sites/default/files/downloads/HorizonEuropeBudget.pdf https://www.ffg.at/sites/default/files/downloads/HorizonEuro... [2] ERC, https://erc.europa.eu/about-erc/erc-glance https://erc.europa.eu/about-erc/erc-glance [3] Science Europe RFOs, https://www.scienceeurope.org/about-us/members/?type=Research%20Funding%20Organisation%20(RFO) https://www.scienceeurope.org/about-us/members/?type=Researc...