Basic research

Changes are part of plans for a smooth transition to the next EU research programme

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, president of the European Research Council who became a forceful advocate for science in Brussels, tells researchers to stay scrappy. ‘There are more battles to fight,’ he says  

Dropping research from the title of incoming R&D commissioner Mariya Gabriel is a worrying sign Brussels is pursuing commercialisation at the expense of basic science, says Svein Stølen, rector of Oslo University

President of Spain’s National Research Council wants basic science to get a larger share of Horizon Europe’s budget

Peter Ratcliffe is the seventh ERC-funded researcher to receive the award

Commissioner Moedas says German chancellor called him 'at some point'  to underline her support for basic science funder