With the EU falling behind the US and China in the global innovation race, the forum aims to tackle bottlenecks and work on coherent innovation policies. But as US investors sweep up European assets, the critical gap is funding for scale-up
Despite its massive investment in the ITER fusion project in France, the EU is home to only a tiny fraction of fusion start-ups. The technology may be far from proven, but Europe is already falling behind in preparing for commercial deployment
An extreme weather event linked to climate change cut the amount of wind in Europe by around 15% this summer. Added to this, Germany’s wind power sector faces protests, infrastructure problems, and outdated regulations. The next government needs to fix things
What is claimed as the world’s biggest electrolyser for generating hydrogen from water using renewable energy and the greening of Brussels airport, are among 73 projects selected for funding
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology opens up to bids from universities, industry and research organisations to form a network for the creative and cultural industries
Europe’s most innovative clusters compete with the best in the world, but other regions are not even ‘also rans’ Now the Commission is making moves to level up and drive ‘innovation cohesion’ across the EU
€408M in the Horizon 2020 budget was not disbursed. MEPs say it could be used to reverse cuts to 2022 spending on research proposed by the European Council in July
journalists track important R&D policy news across the globe - including the EU Horizon programme, COVID-19, AI and climate. 
