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Dominic Cummings, former chief aide to prime minister Boris Johnson, sets out his vision for £800M Advanced Research and Invention Agency

Researchers point to higher funding for the sector in Germany, as key infrastructure to translate world class research is still missing in the UK

There are tweaks to the talent visa, but science funding ‘notably scarce’, while there’s no mention of how the government will meet the costs of EU science participation

Association agreements will have broad provisions that are the same for all countries, but the process of concluding them is slow because each agreement needs to reflect differing political and economic relationships

To boost infectious disease research post-pandemic, Europe should emulate the Crick’s dual approach of running basic research in parallel with translating discoveries to treatments, says Nobel prize winner Michael Houghton

This is the first call from the European Research Council under the new Horizon Europe research programme

Government says newly christened Advanced Research & Invention Agency will have ‘a much higher tolerance for failure than is normal’

Government will establish a new independent authority to monitor state subsidy decisions, but the big question is how far the UK system will diverge from EU rules

‘AstraZeneca has to deliver’, the EU’s health chief says, as row over supplies heats up and officials contradict claims made by pharma company’s CEO

UK contribution of €2B per annum to Horizon Europe smooths the way, but researchers are concerned visas, data transfer and assorted red tape will cause friction, a Science|Business conference hears