R&D policy

Chris Skidmore hopes EU will offer UK better exit terms after sensing 'paradigm shift' in Brussels position, following offer to extend grant funding beyond a no-deal Brexit

The European Commission’s science and knowledge service says fighting mis- and disinformation is one of the grand challenges of the 21st century

G20 statement marks first international agreement on how artificial intelligence should work – but also shows deep divisions between US, EU, Japan, China and Canada on the way forward

The European Commission wants to cut the number of industrial R&D partnerships from 120 now, to fewer than 50 in the next research programme, Horizon Europe. At a roundtable organised by Science|Business experts discussed how to ensure this increases impact without losing focus

Democratic legislators push $10M for SESAME lab in Jordan, to promote science diplomacy in a high-profile project that mixes Israel, Iran and EU funding

Horizon 2020-funded call will go to up to four networks of AI researchers from leading institutions

Proposed strategy for European Institute of Innovation and Technology will see it aligned with Horizon Europe’s strategic planning process. A new Knowledge and Innovation Community will be set up to support the creative industries

Policy makers don’t have to take my advice, but science and evidence ought to underpin the work of government, says Patrick Vallance

‘Hope is strengthened’, says physicist Tommaso Calarco, one of the driving forces behind the EU’s €1B Quantum flagship. Start-ups are beginning ‘to sprout like mushrooms’

EU competition policy is holding the continent back, Lithuania’s former prime minister Andrius Kubilius, now an MEP and sitting on the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy committee, tells Science|Business