Goda Naujokaitytė

After a year of silence, the European Commission finally sets out objectives for each of five pan-EU missions - a new Horizon Europe instrument marrying research and policy to address ‘Grand Challenges’ like climate change and loss of biodiversity

Negotiations on ten Horizon Europe public private ventures in health, climate and digital technologies are complete. EU Council expected to seal the deals in November

Making researchers demonstrate their projects will not harm biodiversity or the environment only adds to bureaucratic overheads, say MEPs. They are threatening to take the Commission to court over the matter

Europe leads in some aspects of AI research, but new business models and investment in scaling up is needed to bring the technology to market

Maria Leptin will not join until 1 November due to clashing commitments in her calendar, but research lobbies are sanguine about the delay

With the first grants now awarded and €85M allocated for next year, the Bauhaus initiative to mesh the Green Deal on climate change with the preservation of Europe’s cultural heritage is taking shape

Resolution adopted with 667 votes to 4, but research lobbies say not enough alternatives exist to set out a step-by-step plan

Member states and the European Parliament are set to hash out the terms of the new partnership for the science of measuring later this month

Universities have mixed feelings about draft plans which give the research community a seat at the table overseeing the implementation of the new single market for research

The research is there, but scientists are having trouble getting their voices heard. In the lead up to COP26, funding agencies are calling on scientists to be better at communicating their findings