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The country is looking to boost its research, development and innovation landscape with a massive increase in the budget and new focus after decades of stasis

The ERC has clarified plans for a more inclusive process for assessing grant applications from 2024, with evaluators giving more weight to project proposals than the bare metrics of a scientist’s career. Researchers tell Science|Business they support the change

To boost capacity in China monitoring, the Commission is funding three Horizon Europe projects to support and connect EU-based China scholars. ‘We have to get our own feed’ of information independent of US, says one

Elon Musk may have gone off the idea of building an ultra-high-speed transport system, but Europe still believes. With testing infrastructure under construction and an EU regulatory framework on the cards, the ground is being prepared for the first pilot projects

A new deal brings hope a €300M EU investment in eastern Europe’s largest research laboratory will not be lost to management problems

EIT Climate is the first KIC to go public on a plan for maintaining operations once grants from its parent institute the EIT run out, as it gears its services towards the implementation of climate-neutral innovations

Government has approved a €23.8M per year scheme to make all publicly-funded research free to access as soon as it is published

Seven countries have signed up to a Commission initiative to help them in drawing up tailored R&I policies that make the most of EU programmes. Initial reaction is positive, but participants say implementation is what counts

Despite calls for regulation, White House will move ‘one step at a time’ with the focus on domestic policy – plus a meeting with Google, Microsoft and other US execs for a ‘frank discussion’ on the risks of the technology

With violations on the rise, the European Parliament is pressing for EU-level regulation to protect academic freedom. Some research policy experts are not convinced, others think it is needed to stem the rising tide of violations