An open-science advocate sees lessons for how science and policy should interact, if we want to recover from and prevent future health disasters

Start-ups rush to submit ideas for European Innovation Council pilot programme, but winners won’t be picked until May

Other G20 leaders should step forward to make up shortfall in epidemic response fund, the UK says

This won’t be the last big global health crisis, warns Pierre Meulien, director of the EU’s Innovative Medicines Initiative

Universities, research institutes, clinical trials and big science machines are shut down, as scientists are redeployed into critical research areas and medically-trained academic staff freed up to care for patients

Wolfgang Burtscher has been appointed to lead the commission’s agriculture directorate general, effective 1 April

The UK-based innovation network, in partnership with media company Science|Business, creates a free online “space” for COVID-19 researchers to find one another across the globe, and team up to find treatments and the funding to support their work

As a service to the global R&D community, Science|Business has compiled this database of funding opportunities. This is what we have found so far. Users are encouraged to let us know of funding calls that could be incorporated into the database. Please email all suggestions to info@sciencebusiness.net. The database will be updated daily. For rapid news about COVID-19, see our live blog.

Most students in Europe can’t get to their campuses, and universities are scrambling to put together digital systems needed for remote learning

Now more than ever, international cooperation is needed to fight back against the pandemic. A protectionist approach to R&D will serve no one’s interests