Research funding

InnovFin Science programme, jointly run by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank, issues largest research loan in EIB history to finance public research centres in Spain

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

Italy’s Paolo De Castro shares his vision of agriculture’s future and how cuts to the EU farm budget would endanger it

Sector deal features 25 investments from global companies and a pledge by government to provide funding for research infrastructure and long-term capital to allow start-ups to scale

Computing experts at the University of Birmingham and Southern University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTech) are working together to push forward research into Artificial Intelligence.

Negotiators in Brussels overturn proposal by governments to cut research budget, fixing 2018 spending at €160.1B