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Plan to infuse recovery money into green, digital and other research initiatives faces challenge from EU fiscal hardliners

More money for research is included in Commission’s €1.85 trillion long-term budget, but MEPs and lobbyists pore over the details to see the potential impact

Overseas training for early career researchers may have to move online if COVID-19 restrictions remain in place in the autumn

German Research Foundation offers financial support to grantees whose work has been disrupted by COVID-19 lockdowns

New head of the European Defence Agency, Jiří Šedivý, took up the post in the midst of crisis. In a Q&A with Science|Business, he says the pandemic makes cooperation in defence research even more important

With the EU’s revised budget proposal due on Wednesday, new European Defence Agency head Jiří Šedivý says the best response to shrinking national budgets for defence research is to engage in more cost-effective collaborations at EU level  

The EU sets out research plan for switch to more sustainable farming and preservation of biodiversity, as one route out of the COVID-19 recession

‘Airbus of Batteries’ charges up as EU reaffirms its goal to invest €1B in industry this year, to limit dependence on Chinese imports and deliver green growth  

Horizon 2020 money to fund switching production lines to make medical products, the development of digital tools and studies of pan-European cohorts

Criticism levelled at British politicians who claim to be following the science, while obscuring the range of views and options on how best to tackle the pandemic