The eastern European country is among the first to announce that parts of its pandemic recovery funds will go to researchers who received the Commission’s quality stamp

Announcement brings the EU one step closer to 2024 target of setting up 60 European university groups, involving 500 higher education institutions. These will enable students to obtain a degree by combining studies in several EU countries

AI tools are now allowing so-called paper mills to trick journals with fake articles on an industrial scale. The issue risks scientific integrity and is beginning to get high level political attention

The focus of EU-funded research is shifting from early academic work to applications that will have an impact in areas such as the green transition and digitisation. Universities are calling for clarity on the political priorities that are driving this shift

Enterprising academics are using European Research Council proof of concept grants to build companies and negotiate Europe’s market failures

As part of a Biden administration push to protect democracy, researchers will try to detect money laundering and pandemic risk from datasets without compromising user information

With hopes of association fading, London has set out an agenda for a domestic alternative. But a new prime minister could threaten money promised for research

Cancer researchers report they are struggling to see how their work fits into the overarching objective of the Cancer Mission to save three million lives, saying the calls are not targeted at the fundamental science needed to deliver on this objective

After months of negotiations and fine tuning, a plan for reforming research assessment in Europe has been published today

Ilan Gur, a veteran of the US’s advanced research agency for energy, will lead a risk-taking UK funding agency, after a previously appointed chief executive pulled out