R&D policy

Aim is to fine-tune and upgrade patent protection for companies and research institutes

With investment in clean energy innovation currently decreasing, EU member states are asked to align national recovery plans with the EU’s Strategic Energy Technology Plan

EU research chief is urging grantees to use the newly created ‘Open Research Europe.’ But there are doubts about the open review method and moving to a system that excludes non-EU grant winners

Lessons of the pandemic loom large in EU’s pharmaceutical strategy. ‘Never again do we want to see the problems we faced in the first weeks of the crisis,’ says EU vice president Margaritis Schinas

Joint EU/Africa research and innovation partnerships on infectious diseases should be a priority for Horizon Europe, says Maria da Graça Carvalho, MEP

New EU Soil Observatory will pool satellite data and field samples to create overview of soil health across Europe

As the traumatic divorce hurtles towards its conclusion, analysts assess the state of play for research

Freedom of information request shows Biomedical Catalyst is backing only 4% of applications assessed as worthy of funding

America’s neighbour doesn’t mind losing its ‘Trump dividend’