European Commission

More criticisms of plans for the ERA

National research funding and grant giving bodies should be given more prominence in the European Commission’s plans to create the European Research Area, say research council heads and the European Science Foundation.
12 Sep 2007

Plants come in from the cold

After a decade of withering in the shade of genetically modified crops, plant sciences are back on the political agenda in Europe follow the launch this week of a new Strategic Research Agenda.
27 Jun 2007

Galileo crash leaves Commission red-faced

The timing couldn’t have been worse. As the European Commission announces two new public/private research partnerships, it admits that its flagship partnership project - the ambitious Galileo satellite system - has crashed and burned.
22 May 2007