As the financial crisis forces governments across the European Union to cut spending on scientific research, will Europe’s 110,000 foundations and charities, which control assets of €350 billion, fill the gap? This is the question being asked by European Commission officials as they seek to fuel further investment in research and innovation
The European Research Council has appointed new members of its governing Scientific Council, while it is still uncertain how the organisation should be run as a whole.
In an move to streamline cross border cancer research, Europe's leading cancer organisations will be collaborating in the EU funded EurocanPlatform project.
A year after they were announced, the three launch projects of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology have agreement on grants and structures.
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