Poland

Probe starts after opposition MPs raise concerns over allocation of funds in a call for digital innovations co-financed with EU money. The National Centre for Research and Development promises full cooperation

First results of a new approach to research assessment introduced as part of reforms to bring its higher education system into line with EU standards led to multiple appeals. Earlier this month an expert group met education minister Przemysław Czarnek, to consider improvements

Four years after the government passed the ‘Constitution for Science’, academics continue to debate whether the reforms are having the intended impact

UK university opens research institute in Wroclaw to give it a foothold in mainland Europe and reopen access to EU research funding

Polish academics are concerned that delays in receiving €35.4B from the pandemic recovery fund and money due from the EU cohesion fund could affect cooperation with industry, slow R&D and hinder international relations

Hungarian and Polish academics raise concerns over academic freedom, as governments further tighten controls over universities and research institutes