R&D

Economic development means the country could soon find it is no longer eligible for EU funding designed to address regional disparities in income, wealth and opportunities. This could leave research and innovation €3B worse off

The pandemic accelerated open science and cemented social media as a place for scientists to discuss their research. But 32% of researchers in a new survey said they or a colleague faced online abuse after posting their findings

During a Science|Business webcast last month, senior representatives from the European Commission and Europe’s top research labs convened for a public debate on how to stop an energy crisis becoming a science crisis

This year’s US midterm elections could have an unusually potent impact on federal science and international policy, with control of both chambers of Congress up for grabs.

On joining the EU in 2004, the country had a vision of using EU structural funds to build R&D facilities that could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the best in Europe. Fifteen years later, Czech science is reaping the benefits

The European Commission is to set up a monitoring system to track attempts to level up R&D capacity across the EU. That should point the way to improving the performance of these funding schemes – with the aim of making them redundant

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

The rising cost of energy spells scaling back and temporary shut downs for vital research infrastructures, which are now looking for help from governments to pay their bills. ‘We are going to make ourselves heard,’ they say

Cooperation between Brussels and Washington is set to step up a notch, after their first formal science diplomacy meeting since 2017. Separately, Biden’s new science adviser hails importance of allied R&D cooperation