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Improving your funding experience

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Funding for Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe: help for UK applicants

Guidance on accessing funding from Horizon Europe, an EU programme with a budget of €95.5 billion running until 2027

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Guidance for applicants for all opportunities in the EU Work Programme 2021, 2022 and 2023

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