EU’s €8bn research grant to create 210,000 jobs

More than €8bn being offered to researchers by the EU is expected to create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the short term and come up with solutions to some of the globe’s major problems.

Irish researchers are hoping to win €150m, bringing the total to more than half-a-billion euro over the six years of the EU research programme — more than double that won in the previous programme.

The invitation to researchers working in third-level colleges, business and state agencies is the biggest ever by the EU and brings the total to €55bn over six years.