Research funding

The protocols for email and the internet are often maintained by overstretched volunteers, causing security holes when they fail. Berlin wants more support for this behind-the-scenes technology.

The Commission wants to reduce bureaucracy in the research programme, enabling researchers to spend more time on research, rather than filling out expenses claims and time sheets. But not all stakeholders are fully on board

Researchers in the UK were overwhelmingly opposed to Brexit. Now, new estimates of lost funding show these concerns were justified

All EU space activities now in a single orbit, in hopes of making Europe a global leader in space

Draft plans released by the Commission promise money for several hot-button research areas

The UK is investing £65million in a US-based global science project involving UCL scientists that could change our understanding of the universe.

The next €1B flagship projects will target ICT, energy and health, according to the draft work programme for 2018-2020 published by the Commission

An assessment of the European Research Council’s outputs says 73 per cent represent breakthroughs or major advances