University College Cork

1. Do you agree with the identified main problems and needs? Yes, particularly the lack of inconsistent funding mechanisms. ERIC activities are currently funded by a combination of research grants at national and EU level. A more consistent framework and pooling of funding (mentioned in the proposed governance framework) would help stabilise service provision and access, allowing growth and more impact. 2.

Do you think that women in research, innovation and startups encounter specific challenges and barriers? yes in academic research. The senior leadership is male-dominated. Therefore, the academic work model has designed by men to suit the lives of men in generations past and present and does not reflect the experience of many women.

Dear Sir/ Madam, Please, these are troubling times wherein we can feel rushed to make decisions rashly that feel imperative. My colleagues and I who have considered the matter find this to be at best an awful, frightening mistake.

I am Elaine O'Mahony, an admin assistant in University College Cork. I am writing to provide feedback on the European Commission's White Paper, "On options for enhancing support for research and development involving technologies with dual-use potential." I am hugely concerned about the proposal to allow dual use technologies within the funding programmes, such as Horizon Europe and PF10.

Subject: Response to the White Paper on Enhancing Support for R&D with Dual-Use Potential To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to provide feedback on the European Commission's White Paper, "On options for enhancing support for research and development involving technologies with dual-use potential." I am particularly concerned about the proposal to permit dual-use technologies within the current and future funding…

Combining civilian and military research within the same funding instruments risks involving universities and other research-active institutions in geopolitical tensions. The independence or researchers, or at least the perception of their independence, will be degraded by association with defence applications.

I am against any form of integration between civil and military R&D within the EU, so I do not support any of the options as they all further advance an agenda of integration to a lesser or greater extent. Why is there no Option 0, no change? I support no change. I am neutral and my country is neutral. Why is neutrality not being considered?

Academic freedom is the bedrock of Universities, funding relationships with the defense industry are a potential threat to that freedom, both at an institutional and an individual level. The proposed changes reflect what many already perceive as move toward an increasingly militarized EU.