R&I

In response to questions from Science|Business, US and EU officials sent this statement about a research-planning meeting they held October 12 in Brussels

The member states have reached agreement on their priorities. Now, work on the ‘tricky part’ – of implementing the seventeen policy issues that will underpin the single market for research - is about to begin at the ERA Forum

Science|Business is publishing all the newest – unapproved - versions of Horizon Europe work programmes for 2023 and 2024. Researchers across Europe can now get an early glimpse of what R&I projects could win funding in the next two years

As geopolitical shocks reverberate through Europe, policymakers place energy security and strategic autonomy at the top of the research agenda

Commissioner Mariya Gabriel looks to R&I to support long-term recovery, as government officials in Ukraine estimate 15% of research and higher education institutions have been damaged by Russian bombs

In a ritual fight, member states want to cut next year’s proposed €12.3B budget and divert unused Horizon Europe funds away from research. Stakeholders say it’s time to ensure budget security

Next week, the plan initiated by the Commission to make assessments of research more meaningfully reflect its impact and value will open up to signatories. Then the hard work of translating it to action on the ground will begin

It can provide answers, but science alone will not deliver on sustainable development goals, says Maria Leptin in a reality check on ‘scientific populism’

An economic crisis fuelled by war, energy shortages and inflation looks likely to put further strain on national R&D budgets