Richard L. Hudson

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

Key documents for Horizon 2020 are circulating on the Internet. The Commission needs to put order into the timely and fair distribution of this information.

EU and US experts see big benefits from scientists sharing more data - but say global agreement on privacy, literacy and other issues is needed

Two technical agencies, US NIST and EU JRC, agree to expand cooperation in 10 sectors, as negotiations on a new trade deal enter second week

2013 promises more delay and infighting over the role of Brussels in European research and innovation. Our pledge: To keep up the pressure for a speedy resolution to disputes over future R&D funding

MEP Malcolm Harbour spearheads a growing movement in Brussels to get government agencies spending more of their budgets on innovation - especially from small companies

A scientific convention in Dublin last week demonstrated how EU networking and programmes can stimulate breakthroughs and innovation, says Richard L. Hudson

New laws on both sides of the Atlantic are changing the way patents will work. A Science|Business conference in Washington May 7 examined how this historic convergence could help inventors - and the economy

The debate over Horizon 2020 funding heats up, with publication of a Danish ‘declaration’ on the importance of funding excellent science