Poland

Fraught standoff with Poland and Hungary over release of EU money ends, clearing way for research and other investment funds to start flowing in 2021

Standoff with Poland and Hungary is blocking EU’s €1.8T budget and pandemic stimulus plan

The fate of the €4 billion top-up for Horizon Europe remains uncertain, as Hungary and Poland veto budget deal. Research lobbies continue fight to ringfence the additional money for ERC and Marie Curie grants

Countries in central and eastern Europe seek to boost the international footprint of their higher education and science

‘Grand Challenge Energy’ shows timid effort by Poland to get with the times and increase clean energy investment, as EU gears up for Green Deal ‘paradigm shift’

Cohesion fund is shaping up as direct rival to Horizon Europe in fight for extra spending in the EU’s 2021 - 2027 budget

A new network brings together 38 institutes to boost participation in EU research. Meanwhile, the first expat scientists are attracted home

Poland’s higher education overhaul has given universities greater autonomy and could see them take over tasks of the academy. Now the academy needs a more flexible structure to keep pace in the changing research and innovation system

A long-debated research and education reform aims to pave the way for universities to become international R&D players