EERA network convenors have worked on describing research themes for the next European framework Programme, Horizon2020, because we think that the Commission needs to be guided in this work if educational research is not to be left out or diminished in the first rounds of the long road towards funding research programmes. The first step, following political decisions on the framework, is the writing of detailed research programmes and calls for applications. The panel will present the convenors' proposals and discuss them with audience before they are forwarded to political and administrative agencies.