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There are honest mistakes, but little evidence of fraud in the grant system, says the European Court of Auditors as it outlines areas for improvement in the next research programme, Horizon Europe.

The European Commission has hit a brick wall of member state objections to key proposals for the next EU research programme. With the clock ticking, Science|Business assesses the chances of reaching agreement before the May 2019 elections

Greater cooperation is needed to address global challenges, but EU bureaucracy and complex rules are undermining scientific partnerships. So will Horizon Europe be more – or less – open to the world?

European Commission is assembling a group to catch China and US in the competition to create a ‘super-supercomputer’

University heads disagree with Romanian MEP’s proposal that geographic evaluation criteria in the EU 2021 – 2027 research programme could fix EU’s research innovation divide. Excellence is what counts, they say

Negotiations in Brussels stall over bid to invoke industrial policy to fund commercialisation activities in next EU research programme. Ministers could also not agree on some spending priorities 
 

Heinz Fassmann discusses obstacles to a deal on the EU’s next research programme, Horizon Europe

Carlos Moedas says quotas should be set ‘at some point’ for more women to advance into the top ranks of universities and labs

Michael Ignatieff wants Europe to wake up to the ‘bulldozer’ that Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán is running over academic freedom

Eye of the beholder: When it comes to deciding how open research data should be, industry and academia do not have the same vision