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A new analysis by the European Commission shows which ERA actions member states are funding from the EU’s post-COVID package

Countries from outside the EU have no formal power in shaping the framework programme, and risk exclusion from sensitive calls. As they make up an ever-bigger part of Horizon, that could generate political tensions

New plan on the way for Commission’s green culture initiative after member states say no to sixth research Mission

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

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

Despite Beijing’s military threat to Taiwan, a new analysis has tracked more than ten thousand joint AI papers with Chinese military-linked institutions, including on drone targeting, automatic ethnicity recognition, and online censorship

A new analysis shows the US, China, UK, India and Australia all publish more papers on this pressing global health threat than any EU member state. More investment in novel therapies is needed, the report says

European University Association offers 18 recommendations for improving €26.2B EU education fund in half-way evaluation. The biggest administrative improvement would be fixing long-running problems with IT

The country will promote development of a transnational blockchain infrastructure for the storage and management of official documents, minister for digitisation Mathieu Michel tells Science|Business