Joanne O'Dea

MEP Andrew Duff argues that it would be a disaster for science – in both the UK and Europe – if Britain left the EU

A total of 287 researchers are in line to receive €400 million in the final round of starting grants awarded under Framework Programme 7

Crop-based biofuels, once the poster child of EU environmental policy, are no longer to be the main vehicle for reaching clean transport targets. While environmentalists welcome investment in advanced biofuels and renewable energy, industry craves greater regulatory certainty

From acceleration programmes to hands-on support; encouraging every student to pinpointing true entrepreneurs; and from tech transfer strategies to using dating agency algorithms in the search for the perfect industrial partner – how universities can have spin-out success

The past few weeks saw politicians make headway: now Horizon 2020 looks set to start on time in January 2014. So what is this new R&D programme about? Here Science|Business poses Frequently Asked Questions - to be updated as final details unfold

MEPs say putting a price on pollution will encourage innovation in clean technologies and buy time for much-needed reform

While the EU votes on the true environmental benefits of biofuels, Vivergo, the UK’s largest biorefinery, opens in Hull to produce fuel from wheat

Personalised medicine, unmet medical need and faster translation of basic research will be the focus of the second stage of the Innovative Medicines Initiative

In advance of final agreement on the €70B Horizon 2020 R&D programme, the Commission announced 5 public/private partnerships will get €6.5B, pulling in a further €9.9B from industry. Total investment in these and 5 other projects unveiled yesterday will be €22B

€16 billion programme will allow more people to study and train abroad, but Masters’ loan facility draws mixed response