A group of universities has made recommendations on how to draw researchers to the European Union (EU). Among other things, the League of European Research Universities (LERU), based in Leuven, Belgium, has called for more transparency about visa regulations that affect researcher mobility, more incentives for companies to give venture funding to scientists and measures to promote gender equality in research. The group published the suggestions on 14 December, in response to a call by the European Commission (EC) for input on its proposal for a European Research Area Framework, to improve the European research environment and help to coordinate funding across the EU, set to be established by 2014. Katrien Maes, LERU's chief policy officer, expects to hear a response from the EC by spring 2012.