After a ten-year campaign for reform, the Commission finally put forward a plan for improving research jobs. Now the pressure is on to ensure this brings about meaningful changes in terms and conditions
Christian Ehler worries about reopening the Brexit deal and jeopardising association negotiations with Japan and Canada. His intervention comes as the UK looks set to delay any decision on Horizon association until after the summer
With the research budget already overstretched, any more funding for the Missions cannot be at the expense of other parts of Horizon Europe, critics say
Two years in, a leaked document shows the Commission has ruled its novel Mission approach to research funding is working. It wants policymakers to back the launch of a sixth programme on Bauhaus
Commission announces new appointments at the education directorate and the Joint Research Centre, with more changes expected at the research directorate
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
GMO regulations will no longer apply to some crop plants that are modified using precise gene editing techniques, a shift scientists have long been calling for
The first batch of EU-funded innovation networks is preparing to cut the apron strings. Here’s how EIT Digital plans to secure its future by becoming a link between industry and the public sector
Start-ups that were unable to pitch their projects for a month after the €7B EU innovation fund shut down its submissions platform with no prior warning can now go ahead
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