25th anniversary of the European Research Area

For 25 years, the European Research Area has aimed to allow the emergence of an integrated European system of research and innovation that delivers scientific and technological solutions to European societies and the world.

The COALESCE project supports the European Research Area (ERA), which was launched in 2000 to create a single, borderless market for research, innovation, and technology in the EU. The ERA aims to foster the free movement of researchers, scientific knowledge, and innovation and to create a more competitive European industry.

To reach these objectives, the European research landscape needed to be oriented towards more cross-border cooperation, continent-wide competition, building of critical mass and coordination, and the improvement of national research policies and systems.

As ERA approaches its 25th anniversary, significant milestones have been reached, bringing the idea of a single market for research, innovation and technology closer to reality.

Watch the video the #EUResearchArea over time: 2000 until today

Download the Factsheet on the history of the ERA

We support the European Research Area aimed at creating a single, borderless market for research, innovation and technology in the EU.