Research & Innovation

Innovation reform fills Brexit-shaped gaps and echoes EU push for missions and smart specialisation

Sharing costs and access to large science labs was the high point of early attempts to create a single EU market for research. But as ERA is rebooted, these labs are beset by budget woes and policy changes

Member states will have fewer constraints in directing EU structural and cohesion funds to research and innovation

The next seven-year phase will see a more inclusive approach by the Knowledge and Innovation Communities - with a sharper focus on eastern Europe