Nicholas Wallace

US tech companies are raiding our computer science departments. A new initiative, Ellis, wants to give researchers a reason to stay in academe and in Europe. Meanwhile, the Commission is putting flesh on its AI plans

MEPs give formal backing to Commission’s next big research programme – and want to spend more than the €94.1B already proposed. Several members states oppose that, setting scene for at least another year of wrangling

Two consortia, including Siemens, win bids to start EIT ‘innovation communities’ for urban mobility and manufacturing, with up to €80 million each per year

Commission concedes it will need more time to resolve long-term budget negotiations – but it remains committed to its plan boosting R&D subsidies

Caveats are added to the amendment to the Public Sector Information Directive, to protect "confidentiality" and "legitimate commercial interests.” That may placate universities, research funding agencies and private investors that joined forces to object to the plan

No. But policy makers should consider this and other questions raised by AI, said participants at Vienna conference

On eve of Brexit, UK hosts largest number of grant recipients in latest wave of ERC handouts

Unusual coalition claims extending the scope of the Public Sector Information Directive would derail public-private research projects and destroy the EU’s collaboration ecosystem. But the commission says that is ‘misreading’ the plan

EU science chief says he may go into the private sector for a few years before seeking election