Florin Zubașcu

The commissioner-to-be has set out her views on the Horizon Europe budget, association, strategic autonomy and the east-west innovation divide ahead of the hearing in Parliament next week

Leaked document shows head of RTD Marc Lemaître is planning unit to focus on how AI can increase productivity in science whilst preventing its misuse

A new research commissioner, a staff reshuffle at the Commission and a potential breakthrough in the long-running stalemate over UK association to Horizon Europe are on the cards

Some university heads are saying the country should follow the French model of consolidation after the only university to have featured in the research-focused ranking drops out

The hearing will focus on Ivanova’s competences and her plans for tackling teething problems at the European Innovation Council, the future of fundamental research in the EU framework programme and bridging the east-west gap in research capabilities

The five want more investment in R&D and a new technology strategy. But with political stalemate in Spain following the election on Sunday, a push by the Spanish presidency of the EU Council to make progress on strategic autonomy could stall 

EU research directorate chief says Commission-wide discussions on the successor to Horizon Europe will begin ‘in earnest very soon’. Outputs from this ‘brainstorming’ will be handed to an expert group later this year, he tells Science|Business

Appointment of new research commissioner has been pushed into the autumn, with MEPs on the industry and culture committees not expected to organise a joint hearing until September at the earliest

Romanian MEPs on the research and industry committee say the European Defence Fund should allocate grants more evenly across member states

Nomination of EU Court of Auditors member may end uncertainty over who is in charge of Horizon planning, after resignation of Gabriel