Florin Zubașcu

Small innovative companies in Europe report plummeting revenues, but measures such as extending grant terms and early payment of R&D tax credits are handing them a lifeline  

After ‘thoughtful’ initial response, science funders worry about longer term impact of mobility restrictions on international cooperation

The EU has mobilised fairly quickly, with a good mix of funding for research on the coronavirus pandemic, says Matthias Kleiner, president of the Leibniz Association

A €3M EU-funded research project is pulling together a ‘drug box’ from compound libraries around Europe for rapid screening against the crystal structure of the new coronavirus in some Europe’s largest supercomputers

Based on the JRC design, a German biotech has manufactured enough material to validate 60 million tests

Hard-pressed governments lack time and capacity to agree on long-term funding for 2021 - 2027

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

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

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