European Research Area

With the European Commission about to reinforce widening and to revive the European Research Area, researchers in central and eastern Europe weigh in on the promise the innovation gap will narrow under Horizon Europe

As the European Commission cranks up its work on the new European Research Area, regions are pushing for greater influence in the design process

European Commission calls in experts to help revamp the 20-year-old plan to coordinate national R&D policies and create a single market for research

Better integration of funding streams is the route to fostering the long-elusive single market for research, says Portugal’s research minister Manuel Heitor

As Portugual takes the EU helm, science minister Manuel Heitor outlines how EU programmes can boost research careers, promote a greener, fairer Europe, and speed pandemic recovery through a renewed European Research Area

Plan to revive the European Research Area comes at a delicate moment for EU R&D policy, as commission asks EU27 to boost national research spending the day after science ministers agreed to cut Horizon Europe budget

The European Commission is working on plan to give the regions more sway in research and innovation, and better access to the results

After pandemic delay, plans for a new-look ERA are due on 30 September. At same time, the European Commission will launch a Digital Education Action Plan and set out objectives for refreshing the European Education Area

The scientific director of the ILL says EU should contribute more to large research infrastructures, to strengthen the European Research Area