Joanne O'Dea

Horizon 2020 moves one step closer

Despite disappointment over the final budget, MEPs declared themselves pleased with the shape and the content of the Horizon 2020 research programme
02 Oct 2013

‘This is not the time for change or delay’

Cuts to the R&D budget for 2014 proposed by national ministers earlier this month threaten investment in knowledge, research and innovation, and could push the Horizon 2020 timetable off track, say critics
25 Sep 2013

It’s time for Europe to open up access to supercomputers

In the past decade high performance computing has transformed the practice – and the productivity - of science. Now this analytical power must be opened up to industry, to improve decision-making, spur innovation and boost competitiveness
18 Sep 2013

Changes to procurement will spur innovation

For years the US government used public sector procurement to drive innovation. Now new EU rules will “end the dictatorship of the lowest price” allowing innovation to count in assessing bids. And simplified bidding will make it easier for SMEs to compete
11 Sep 2013