R&D policy

EU leaders remain deadlocked over the union’s next long-term financial plan, but all signs point to a smaller research budget from 2021

Draft deal still faces barriers to approval by both UK and European parliaments

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology will ‘assess very carefully’ how to involve participants from outside the EU. Continued UK involvement hangs on the final Brexit deal, says its director Martin Kern

What happens after the Brexit deadline on October 31? A look at some of the twists the saga could take, and their implications for researchers

The potential paralysis of a no-deal Brexit and ‘the current state of chaos’ are hurting UK science and that is hurting the national interest, says Royal Society’s president

Since 2016, UCL has been reviewing contracts, staff policies, student fees and international partnerships. A detailed look highlights how the entire UK academic sector is bracing for the Brexit crash

President of Spain’s National Research Council wants basic science to get a larger share of Horizon Europe’s budget

Proposals to protect UK science from the dampening effects of Brexit include new agency to fund breakthrough research, a space council and a points-based visa system to attract scientific talent

A quarter of applicants to the European Innovation Council Accelerator like the idea of the EU investing in their companies, with strongest interest from Spain and Israel

Nobel prize-winning scientist Harald zur Hausen steps down as chair, citing personal reasons. He is replaced by Walter Ricciardi. Bettina Ryll, founder of a patients’ group that has transformed access to novel skin cancer treatments, joins the board