Horizon Europe

Mariya Gabriel says renewed effort to create the European Research Area will help bridge performance disparities. But national governments need to play their part 

The hold up in agreeing the EU’s next seven year financial framework means there will be a hiatus in grant awards between the two Horizon R&D programmes

Most of the 43 items on the commission’s 2020 to-do list relate to the green deal and digital technologies, but there is a promise to breathe new life into the European Research Area 

EU and UK should consider special immigration arrangement for scientists and limited EU regulatory alignment, a joint study by Wellcome and Bruegel says. But it concludes, the UK is likely to miss the start of Horizon Europe

Sandrine Dixson-Declève to chair a 16-strong panel to give advice on research and innovation policy to underpin EU sustainable development

A draft plan, for adoption in Brussels on 4 March, highlights the importance of research and innovation in making EU industry more competitive

Ending the west to east disparity in pay for scientists working on Marie Curie projects in Horizon Europe would be one way to limit brain drain from poorer EU countries, Croatian science minister tells MEPs

In new report, European business association warns of EU falling behind in global innovation race, as China’s state-led economy soars ahead

In an interview Mariya Gabriel says her priorities include establishment of a European Knowledge Strategy, and reducing the east-west performance gap

EU research chief Mariya Gabriel says basic principles of UK participation in EU research programmes will be the same as for other non-EU members