Florin Zubașcu

After 11 years leading Germany’s biggest applied research organisation, Reimund Neugebauer leaves ‘by mutual agreement.’ Karlsruhe president named to succeed him

EU policymakers renew the push to strengthen scientific cooperation with Japan at a joint meeting of the European Parliament’s science and technology panel and its Japanese counterpart  

The move comes after months of rumours that the Commission wanted to tighten its grip on the €10B start-up fund  

The land of morning calm is the latest country to announce it is getting closer to becoming an associated member of the research programme

Talks between the European Commission and the UK government continue, as the argument about how much the UK pays to join the research programme drags on

A new deal brings hope a €300M EU investment in eastern Europe’s largest research laboratory will not be lost to management problems

A three-year pilot programme designed to lay the ground for the EU’s first move into funding defence R&D did not fulfil its purpose. A more strategic approach is needed to ensure research is translated into new defence technologies

Marc Lemaître says Europe has a significant gap to fill in terms of the technologies needed to make the transition to a green economy - but it can be done

London and Brussels are still to agree on terms for the UK to join the €95.5B research programme and in response to pleas from researchers, the prime minister sends a mixed message on getting association over the line

Science leaders once more make the case for UK joining the €95.5B research programme. ‘Association with Horizon is crucial for the success of UK science and therefore the future of our country’, MPs are told