Spain

Ambassadors vote through negotiating mandate to extend strategic €500M research programme, as MEPs get progress report on Spain’s term at the head of the EU Council

Spanish presidency of the EU Council has held talks on the final three years of Horizon Europe, as policymakers start to set outlines for the successor seven-year research framework programme

In the latest call, researchers based in Spain won 12 of 66 grants awarded to shape up basic research for commercialisation. This is more evidence of a resurgence of Spanish science, which is now number three in the Horizon Europe funding table

EU research ministers are to focus on embedding science in key policy areas and on research cooperation in the Mediterranean and Latin America during Spain’s six-month stint leading the Council

Spanish research is on the up, coming second in the value of grants won from Horizon Europe to date. Now a new scheme aims to build on these foundations, promoting capacity building and helping to explore new ideas

To increase job security, early career researchers will be offered permanent contracts

As countries around the world scramble to retain and attract research talent, Spanish ministers vote through reforms that aim to improve research careers and guarantee increased public funding for research