The European Commission is running public consultation for the planned European Research Area Act. The consultation is to collect evidence on the problems facing the development and full achievement of the European Research Area, along with stakeholders’ views on feasible solutions that could be supported by legislation at EU level.
Consultation period:13 October 2025 - 05 January 2026 (midnight Brussels time)
This ‘call for evidence’ targets all stakeholders from national and regional administrations and research and innovation communities, including higher education, vocational education, and training institutions, research performing organisations, research and scientific communities, private-sector businesses including SMEs, technology centres, research and technology infrastructures, scientific advice and technology assessment structures and organisations, scientific publishers, and the general public.
You can contribute to this consultation by filling in the online questionnaire. Questionnaires are available in some or all official EU languages. You can submit your responses in any official EU language.
If you are unable to use the online questionnaire, contact the EC at: RTD-ERA-FORUM@ec.europa.eu