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A bigger budget for the EU’s next research framework programme should mean more money to bridge the EU’s east-west divide

Strip away some of the risk attached to start-ups in Widening countries and the investment money should flow. Intermediaries such as incubators have an important role to play

The country has set out wide ranging reforms to promote commercialisation of high-quality research, but some think they do not go far enough to resolve deep-rooted problems

A €1.5B fund will help to scale up research projects and build supply chains, while a new legal structure will enable member states to facilitate cooperation across the whole life cycle of defence capabilities

An annual deep dive into the German ecosystem shows it is no longer haemorrhaging scientists, but lags behind on crop genetic engineering and AI investment. A swath of policy reforms are needed

The EU biotech and biomanufacturing initiative due to be published later this month is an opportunity to take urgent and immediate action to support the scale up of the sector

French science minister has visited the UK to strengthen scientific relations, promising more money for joint projects, and collaboration on AI safety

The Commission president set out her vision for a new EU military-industrial-academic complex in a speech to MEPs on Wednesday

Scientists don’t usually get on their tractors to lobby, but ERC president Maria Leptin wants them to go out and speak to politicians and citizens to explain why investing in research and innovation is important