European Union

Building the European Research Area should be paid for by Structural Funds not R&D programmes, says Science and Technology Commissioner Janez Potočnik

The European Union has announced pilot schemes aimed at bringing European and Australian and New Zealand researchers closer together.

The EIT finally squeaks through the Brussels bureaucracy – but more dead than alive

The European Union inched closer to creating a European Institute of Technology this week, when ministers to dedicate up to €308.7 million to the project.

The European Union has signed up Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia to associated status, enabling them to participate fully in the EU’s Seventh Research Framework Programme.

The European Union has launched a new €1 billion research programme to develop information and communications technologies for improving life for older people.

Science|Business editor Richard L. Hudson has a few numbers that, if you care about Europe’s future in technology markets, might make you choke on your coffee.

The EU and Japan agreed to strengthen their research ties at a summit last week with plans to improve cooperation and the protection of intellectual property rights

Europe now has a European Space Policy to direct its research programmes and activities and avoid duplication of effort between member states. The policy was formally adopted at the Competitiveness Council meeting on Tuesday 22 May.

Pollsters find most academics now back reforms to collaborate with business, increase private funding and streamline curricula.