European Union

Marion Dewar, responsible for innovation policy in the cabinet of Research Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, sets out the vision for the Innovation Union.

A new report calls for greater collaboration between industry and academia to make Europe a global leader in the €2.8 billion global marine biotechnology industry.

In an attempt to persuade the public to accept GM crops, the Commission has published a decade of EU-funded research into their safety.

The first European Council devoted to research and innovation, due to take place next week, has been postponed until February 4 to make way for crisis talks about the Euro.

Mitsubishi is to invest in an Edinburgh engineering facility investigating the development of offshore wind turbines.

The EU’s Euro-BioImaging project has begun its 3-year preparation phase. The project aims to give scientists throughout Europe access to state-of-the-art imaging facilities.

New approaches to funding R&D projects through risk-sharing loans are beginning to bear fruit.

A review of the decade-old Orphan Medicinal Products Regulation shows that research has been boosted and more drugs are available to treat rare diseases.

A conference in Brussels is set to celebrate the Marie Curie programme, which has funded 50,000 researchers since its inception in 1996.