India, March 16 -- Imperial has launched a new fund to help scientists win more major Horizon Europe grants.

The Horizon Europe Connect Fund will bolster support for Imperial's academics to apply for and win grants from the prestigious funding programme.

Horizon Europe is the world's biggest research and innovation funding programme and its current grant scheme runs until 2027. Imperial is one of the UK's top recipients of Horizon Europe funding and was the 8th most successful higher education institution across Europe in its predecessor, Horizon 2020.

The Fund aims to support the development of high-quality proposals to Horizon Europe, help identify potential European partners for joint projects and support early career researchers to...