R&D policy

Education and research minister Mailis Reps on her concerns for the European Innovation Council, and how to make research missions work

Meeting of member states’ research delegations this week in Brussels saw further disagreement over the direction of Horizon Europe. And a proposed mission to build a universal quantum computer is scratched

MEPs give formal backing to Commission’s next big research programme – and want to spend more than the €94.1B already proposed. Several members states oppose that, setting scene for at least another year of wrangling

New Science|Business paper on how Europe can meet fast rising scientific demand for data storage and processing calls for a long-term strategy

Latest: LERU sketches to-do list for Horizon Europe negotiations ahead

Science establishment complains about lack of clear guidance; calls for more detailed planning

Commission concedes it will need more time to resolve long-term budget negotiations – but it remains committed to its plan boosting R&D subsidies

No. But policy makers should consider this and other questions raised by AI, said participants at Vienna conference

The change is intended to enable researchers to access structural funds for projects reviewers say are excellent, but which don’t make the cut for Horizon Europe grants

Talks inch forward, but central and eastern countries left unhappy at decision not to limit spending on industry partnerships