R&D policy

Science budget and R&D tax breaks will go up, but manifesto promise of agency modelled on DARPA is ditched, as government confirms it wants a hard Brexit, with UK outside the EU single market and customs union

Research and innovation commissioner calls for redoubling of efforts in global race for technological leadership

European Defence Agency says four countries continue to fund vast majority of research in military technology

Changes are part of plans for a smooth transition to the next EU research programme

Manifesto promise of increased science funding is welcomed but many fear uncertainty about the UK’s place in future European research projects 

‘Trieste Declaration on Science’ paves the way for 17 countries in south-east Europe to boost participation in Horizon Europe and strengthen international research cooperation

The partnership aims to pool expertise in the region, increase the scale of research projects and reduce bureaucracy when applying for grants

€10 billion budget for agriculture R&D is to be spent on studying the environmental impact of farming

It is ‘Europe’s man on the moon moment’, as Brussels unveils plan for climate neutrality by 2050. But the target is stirring tensions between richer member states in the west and the fossil fuel-dependent east  

Research leaders battling EU budget cuts should take a leaf from the farmers’ playbook: Get better organized, and get noisier