European Alliance for Research Excellence
Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
The European Alliance for Research Excellence (EARE) is a coalition of companies and research organisations committed to fostering excellence in research and innovation in Europe. Established in 2017 with the support of Microsoft, Allied for Startups, and BSA The Software Alliance, EARE brings together members from the European research and innovation ecosystem (see our full members' list below). At EARE, we firmly believe in the principle that data should be "as open as possible, as closed as necessary." Our primary objective is to advocate for a policy and legal environment that facilitates data sharing, fosters innovation, and promotes a competitive European research and innovation ecosystem. We strive to ensure that all European researchers have access to data in line with open data principles, encouraging advancements in various societal and economic domains.
EU Legislative Interests
Data Governance Act, Data Act, Open Data Directive, Database Directive, European data spaces, Artificial Intelligence Act, Copyright Directive, Apply AI Strategy, AI in Science Strategy, Data Union Strategy, European Parliament's Own-Initiative report on generative AI and copyright, European Research Act, European Innovation Act, AI Omnibus, Digital Omnibus.
Communication Activities
Answer to the European Commission’s Inception Impact Assessment on the Governance Framework of Data Spaces (July 2020) Answer to the European Commission’s Inception Impact Assessment on High-Value Datasets (July 2020) Answer to the European Commission’s draft Data Governance Act (February 2021) Answer to the European Commission’s draft Data Act (September 2021) Answer to the EP Consultation on the AI Act (July 2023) Answer to the European Commission's consultation on Trustworthy General-Purpose AI (September 2024) Answer to the European Commission's consultation (and questionnaire) on AI in Science (June 2025) Answer to the European Commission's consultation on the Apply AI Strategy (June 2025) Answer to the European Commission's consultation on the Data Union Strategy (July 2025) Position on the European Parliament's Own-Initiative report on generative AI and copyright (September 2025) Position on the European Data Union Strategy (January 2026) Answer to the European Research Area Act (January 2026) Answer to the European Commission's consultation on protocols for reserving rights from TDM under the AI Act and the GPAI Code of Practice (January 2026) Joint Statement on the European Parliament’s own-initiative report on generative AI and copyright (January 2026)
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
EARE is not a member of any associations, federations, confederations or networks.
Organisation Members
Allied For Startups BSA | The Software Alliance LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries) Microsoft Research Libraries UK SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries) UCL Library Services UK Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA) EBLIDA