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Institutions in Germany, UK, France and the Netherlands will host more than half of the winners of €2 million consolidator grants for mid-career academics

€10 billion budget for agriculture R&D is to be spent on studying the environmental impact of farming

It is ‘Europe’s man on the moon moment’, as Brussels unveils plan for climate neutrality by 2050. But the target is stirring tensions between richer member states in the west and the fossil fuel-dependent east  

The EU’s Graphene Flagship launches 11 projects to advance commercial applications of new material that’s ultra-thin and super strong

Seven EU countries given go-ahead to pool national resources in research project that aims to enable Europe to manufacture its own batteries, instead of relying on imports

New hub in thriving tech town marks continued climb for EU funder

A total of 39 small businesses win first round of grants and equity from the European Innovation Council, while 36 more receive grants alone, with support totalling €278M

‘Grand Challenge Energy’ shows timid effort by Poland to get with the times and increase clean energy investment, as EU gears up for Green Deal ‘paradigm shift’

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, president of the European Research Council who became a forceful advocate for science in Brussels, tells researchers to stay scrappy. ‘There are more battles to fight,’ he says  

European Commission and European Investment Bank appoint German bank to run the €100M fund intended to boost private investment in Europe’s bioeconomy

In her first outing as president, Ursula von der Leyen promises to reshape the economy in a ‘European Green Deal’. But the latest proposal on the EU’s next five year budget could thwart this plan

Researchers divine meaning from pre-election promises on Brexit, innovation incentives and climate change

It is naïve to put EU research data on the open science cloud without having a plan to protect intellectual property. ‘That makes me nervous,’ says Joseph Straus, former director of the Max Planck Institute for IP