Richard L. Hudson

After months of controversy, Anne Glover will leave the Commission in January – ending an experiment to bring scientific evidence into EU policy

The lack of innovation portfolios at the top of the new European Commission has a simple solution: name science and innovation advisors to each Vice President

Advocates for cross-sectoral R&D support fear a downgrade in the new Commission – but in individual areas such as energy, digital technologies, and pharmaceuticals, a stronger emphasis on growth and investment is good news for many

Science|Business begins a series of viewpoints on the ethical dimensions of Europe’s biggest R&D programme

Despite the turmoil, Egyptian researchers and entrepreneurs try to spur innovations. The EU’s Horizon 2020 aims to help.

The Commission has started re-organising its main department for research and innovation. The objective, Director-General Robert-Jan Smits tells Science|Business, is better policy and more efficient grant handling

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, new President of the ERC , tells Science|Business he is charting a ‘political’ course – to help boost science in Europe’s weaker regions, and to promote young scientists

The ‘democratic deficit’ in Brussels was all-too present in the shaping of Horizon 2020. Here’s what can be done to remedy the problem.

Success rates may drop to 15% from 20-22%, as EU officials brace for an unprecedented flood of applicants

Europe’s open research infrastructures want to up their profile, justify their public investment and open the doors to industry