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A quarter of applicants to the European Innovation Council Accelerator like the idea of the EU investing in their companies, with strongest interest from Spain and Israel

Nobel prize-winning scientist Harald zur Hausen steps down as chair, citing personal reasons. He is replaced by Walter Ricciardi. Bettina Ryll, founder of a patients’ group that has transformed access to novel skin cancer treatments, joins the board

Author of government report on Brexit contingency planning for science says UK will need new research funding body, an immigration policy overhaul and money for a wide ‘talent hunt’ if country crashes out of EU

EU’s technology regulator will announce new AI rules in the first 100 days of her mandate. “Some say China has all the data and the US has all the money. But in Europe, we have purpose,” she says

Chair of UK parliament’s science committee, Norman Lamb, predicts UK will support entry to the next EU research programme, ‘almost at any cost, almost whatever the terms’

EU research programme needs simpler rules for paying staff costs, while payments to SMEs are a major source of error and need additional checks

At confirmation hearings, Johannes Hahn told MEPs a ‘compromise’ on agriculture and cohesion is needed to divert funds to research, while proposed new head of energy, Kadri Simson said the EU will not meet carbon targets unless it invests more in R&I

Parliament is withholding its stamp of approval for Sylvie Goulard, who is under heavy fire over alleged misuse of EU funds. ‘A cloud of doubt hangs over her,’ said one MEP

Stella Kyriakides, a cancer survivor and long-time campaigner, pledges wide strategy of new research and prevention to fight the disease

Romanian prime minister says she stands by Dan Nica but also ‘has a woman, if required’, after Rovana Plumb was rejected by parliament

The €170M project will be a testbed for the new cohesion policy programmes for 2021-2027

European Commission hands out more than €3M in prizes to cities, start-ups, and EU grant holders