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Deal announced at EU-Canada summit opens door to wider transatlantic collaboration in research, energy, digital and other fields. Wanted now: ‘transformative discoveries’ by working together, EU president says

The official announcement will be made later today, along with a flurry of other cooperation deals in climate, artificial intelligence and misinformation

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told European Hydrogen Week the scheme will put in a total of €3B to encourage green production methods. That should be a spur for innovation, but the conference heard of concerns about the direction of the EU’s Clean Hydrogen partnership

Insiders say Germany’s budget crisis means it is unlikely to agree €10B funding for the EU’s new tech fund, amid signs that government purses are tightening and support for pan-European research is dwindling

Some in Switzerland had feared the country might have to wait years to associate. But with the European Commission opening exploratory talks yesterday, there are now hopes for a deal next year

An independent expert group recommends a ‘commando operation’ to urgently cut the bureaucracy that leaves young researchers spending up to 50% of their time on administration, and for more diversified and sustainable funding for France’s largest research organisation

Three universities in Widening countries are under investigation, including the University of Zagreb, where a dean of faculty and 28 others were arrested on suspicion of fraud involving €1.7M of EU funds

With the likely new government promising to increase R&D funding and ‘depoliticise’ science, researchers are pointing to further reforms they say are needed to increase the standing and quality of the country’s research system

The expert group set up to advise on the next EU research framework programme will hold its first meeting in early December. Group members will be named soon

Sponsoring a start-up accelerator is an increasingly popular route for large companies to tap into the latest technologies and get preferential rights to in-license potential products