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There’s funding for research, but each country will decide how to hand out its share of the €723.8B pandemic recovery fund. A new report attempts to explain how to access this money

As shortages of imported microchips continue to impact manufacturing and supplies of electronic goods in Europe, the EU is bringing industry and member states together in push for technology sovereignty in key sectors

EU executive issues ‘Pact for Research and Innovation’ pushing member states to significantly raise public and private research expenditure, but targets are not binding

Research stakeholders in ‘shock’ after EU Council puts forward an amended version of the 2022 budget that sees cuts to Horizon Europe and other innovation-intensive EU programmes

Investor groups tell EU research commissioner to allocate special funding to female-led venture capital firms in bid to boost female entrepreneurship

European Commission sets out plan to make Europe first climate neutral continent by 2050, through new regulations and targeted investments in research and innovation

After weeks of uncertainty it’s official: researchers in Switzerland are no longer eligible for European Research Council, Marie Skłodowska-Curie or European Innovation Council funding

MEPs are set to vote through a new generation of public private partnerships under Horizon Europe. They want more transparency and less closed club mentality

Biggest budget to date will see synergy and proof of concept grants return, with the first calls opening this week. Pandemic-related disruption of research will be taken into account when deciding the winners

With chancellor Angela Merkel’s exit in sight, scientists have a list of reforms and issues they want the next government to tackle