Florin Zubașcu

Excellence and impact will be the main criteria in evaluating proposals, but in case of a tie, gender balance in research groups will swing it. All institutions awarded grants must have published gender equality plans - and show they are implementing them

As the European Commission cranks up its work on the new European Research Area, regions are pushing for greater influence in the design process

European Commission calls in experts to help revamp the 20-year-old plan to coordinate national R&D policies and create a single market for research

New-look ‘Widening’ in Horizon Europe aims to help member states with weaker research systems undertake reforms and win more EU research grants

Chair of the Parliament research and industry committee calls on Commission to ignore legal niceties and get money from new research programme flowing as soon as possible. MEPs also want more effort to create synergies with other funding streams

Success in finding funding synergies between research and other EU programmes could be elusive. It depends on member states understanding the importance of investing in research and innovation  

Official work programmes are not due until April, but drafts circulating online give researchers and industry chance to start formulating grant applications

The documents give researchers detailed clues to what kind of projects will be funded in the €95.5B programme

An event on 2 February will mark the end of the lengthy negotiations and preparations for the next research programme. But with significant elements still to be settled, the funds won’t be flowing for a while

“We are preparing the post-COVID world. A place where generations meet, life is affordable, the planet is protected and style matches with sustainability,” says Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, launching first phase of the New European Bauhaus