Research policy

Holders of existing grants in the Republic can now apply for supplementary awards to fund collaborative projects with researchers in Northern Ireland, making it easier to set up collaborations with colleagues across the border.

New research blames a lack of role models and workforce practices for the low representatio of women among academic staff – particularly senior staff.

Despite the Nobel-induced champagne now flowing in Berlin, Jülich, Paris and Cardiff, the fact remains that Europe has a fundamental problem in the quality of its science.

Economic impact must be embedded into research policy, says Philip Esler, Chief Executive of the UK’s Arts and Humanities and Research Council.

France’s new president aims to trigger the modernisation of its public research system with far-reaching reform of the university system.

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is to establish 11 new Collaborative Research Centres with total funding of £75.5 million over the next four years.

The EU and Japan agreed to strengthen their research ties at a summit last week with plans to improve cooperation and the protection of intellectual property rights

Can European R&D play its way to the top of the international league? In an unprecedented gathering Science|Business brought together some of the leading protagonists to discuss possible tactics.

A significant number of applications for the first round of grants from the newly established European Research Council have come from senior scientists currently living in non-EU countries.

Novo Nordisk is doing its bit to reverse the Danish brain drain, offering a number of “return” fellowships to attract highly qualified expatriates back to Denmark.