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Negotiations to join Horizon Europe are gathering speed, but potential suitors say the EU’s strategic autonomy goals are limiting the scope of association deals

Already overdue, the new pharmaceutical strategy will not be published tomorrow as promised. The Commission says the proposal will arrive ‘slightly later’, as tensions fly high over how to incentivise industrial R&D

Spanish research is on the up, coming second in the value of grants won from Horizon Europe to date. Now a new scheme aims to build on these foundations, promoting capacity building and helping to explore new ideas

In response to the US Inflation Reduction Act, the Commission wants 40% of EU’s clean technologies to be manufactured in the bloc by end of the decade

After problems in oversight and carrying out due diligence that continue to delay payments to start-ups, the Commission is transferring management of its equity fund to the European Investment Bank. The formal handover expected to complete in September

The German academic exchange service began advising research organisations on running international projects in 2019. In an interview with Science|Business, its president Joybrato Mukherjee says now is the time to expand its scope

With parliament voting through the EU Data Act, it is edging towards adoption. But universities say that as things stand it represents a missed opportunity for research and innovation in the public sector

The EU has ambitions to set up a shared system giving researchers cross-border access to large amounts of health data. Parliament wants to make sure it’s trusted and robust

Universities say too much money is going into near-market technologies, potentially spelling disaster for EU’s long-term goals. But industry says time is ripe to cement the green and digital transitions 

MEP Lina Gálvez Muñoz calls for more focus on research that matters to less-developed regions and targeted help for researchers across the bloc to take part in EU schemes