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Select companies can still find funding from venture capitalists and the public market; others are using the depressed economy to cut costs.

Bosnia and Herzegovina have signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Commission, allowing full access to the 7th Research Framework Programme.

Governments need to increase international cooperation and strengthen links between public research bodies and industry, says a new OECD report.

IBM is to set up a computing research “collaboratory” in Dublin, creating 40 jobs at IBM and local universities, supported by the Irish government through IDA Ireland.

Dublin emerged as victor in the competition to be European City of Science and will host the Euroscience Open Forum in 2012.

The Karolinska Institute’s technology commercialisation reported a strong initial take-up of a new share issue to raise money to develop portfolio companies.

The first seminar on how to select and format the EIT’s Knowledge and Innovation Communities was held in Bratislava this week.