Horizon 2020

With success rates hovering at 14-15%, the EU is weighing the options and considering referring rejected scientists with good proposals to another source of funding

The low success rate of 14-15% is a concern, but this should not discourage scientists, says Research Commissioner, Carlos Moedas

Italy, France, Spain and Germany offer up their billions to help stir up the pot

A new Science|Business report counts the benefits of big science and presents opinions from experts on how these projects can do even more to pay their way

Facilities including CERN, the European Southern Observatory and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory are joining forces to push advanced technologies they use in research into wider application and commercial products

With the prospect of cuts hanging over the EU’s research budget, scientists should be stirring, MEP Claude Turmes tells Science|Business

Better use of support mechanisms put in place by the European Medicines Agency has increased the success rate of SMEs applying for approval of new medicines

With Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas expected to devise ways to ensure EU policy benefits from scientific insight in the next few months, thoughts turn to what form the advice will take, and how to avoid the banana skins of the past

If money is to be taken from the Horizon 2020 pot, there should be oversight from science to ensure research and innovation is not weakened, says an open letter from Europe’s leading scientific groups

German companies still top the table but overall Europe is less innovative, a new EU survey reveals