R&D policy

EU commissioner for research and innovation announces Women TechEU, an EIC-led initiative that will offer coaching, mentoring and funding to promising female tech entrepreneurs.

Ever-evolving AI systems challenge traditional notions of liability and control, a meeting of Science|Business Data Rules group hears

President Macron’s scale-up initiative aims to bring together some of the bloc’s most successful founders to drum up ideas for fostering high growth enterprises

Horizon Europe research funding calls aim to put flesh on policy initiatives by the European Commission, following launch of the European Battery Alliance in 2017 and adoption of a strategic action plan for batteries in 2018

Universities are caught in the cross fire of the pandemic. While the value of their research has never been more evident, the quality of online learning is questioned. How will university rankings respond? 

There are tweaks to the talent visa, but science funding ‘notably scarce’, while there’s no mention of how the government will meet the costs of EU science participation

Research directorate will see 15% of staff move over to executive agencies, as part of a broader effort to help member states reform and strengthen their research and innovation systems, and to revamp the European Research Area

Commission is still hard at it, preparing for the five new research missions before they officially launch in the second half of the year

‘It is my hope that we can work together and harmonise our AI policies,’ Robin Kelly tells MEPS. ‘It is vital that democratic nations are the ones that shape this new technology’