Nicholas Wallace

Despite a “Brexit gap” the next EU budget should put more money into research and digital development, says Günther Oettinger

Long-mooted plan for body through which national geology agencies can share data, access expertise and provide evidence for sustainable use of subsurface resources is now set to get off the ground in Horizon Europe

With negotiations over the EU’s long term 2021 – 2027 financial plan at an impasse, Mariya Gabriel will be plunged into an immediate battle to preserve research and innovation funding when she takes up the reins at DG Research 

EU leaders remain deadlocked over the union’s next long-term financial plan, but all signs point to a smaller research budget from 2021

Draft deal still faces barriers to approval by both UK and European parliaments

President of Spain’s National Research Council wants basic science to get a larger share of Horizon Europe’s budget

A quarter of applicants to the European Innovation Council Accelerator like the idea of the EU investing in their companies, with strongest interest from Spain and Israel

Nobel prize-winning scientist Harald zur Hausen steps down as chair, citing personal reasons. He is replaced by Walter Ricciardi. Bettina Ryll, founder of a patients’ group that has transformed access to novel skin cancer treatments, joins the board

EU research programme needs simpler rules for paying staff costs, while payments to SMEs are a major source of error and need additional checks