European Commission

In the midst of sky high geopolitical tensions, the Commission is lining up a new agenda to consolidate the bloc’s approach to using science to build stronger ties around the world

A week after the Commission published detailed draft plans, the work programmes for the next two years of EU funded research are now official

As the EU lays plans to use €319B in seized Russian assets to help in the reconstruction of Ukraine, research commissioner Mariya Gabriel stresses the importance of research and innovation in rebuilding the country

A few programmes are still missing, but the detailed draft plans for research calls over the next two years are now live

The first steps are underway to devise new ways of financing cybersecurity start-ups and scale-ups, to fill a €1.75B investment gap. Currently, European companies ‘tend to underperform against their international peers’ and ‘generally raise less funding,’ says the Commission

Researchers grow frustrated at looming funding gap, with European Commission putting back publication of detailed calls to the end of May. Some commentators suggest the delay is down to row over excluding UK, Israel and Switzerland from space and quantum R&D