| Summary: | In any economy, research activity is seen as a 'driver' of the economy. Despite the fact that the
2020-2021 time period has been considered a pandemic period due to the SARS Cov-2 outbreak,
many economic entities in the world's major economies have continued to invest considerable
amounts in Research and Development (R&D) funding knowing that this epidemic would pass, as
have other epidemics in the course of the world's evolution. Even if the funds invested are not
comparable to those allocated before the pandemic, it should be noted that the large economic
entities have tried not to reduce the number of employees, although they have received state aid
from governments for this purpose. Our study follows the evolution of these fundings over the
period 2014-2020 for the main European "players" in the funding of R&D.
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