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Temporary backstop of funding to be made available for Swiss researchers disadvantaged by lack of full membership in Horizon 2020

Matthias Kaiserswerth, head of the European research headquarters of the IT company IBM, reflects on some ways Europe could improve its approach to innovation and calls for the creation of a single set of rules for research

Technical standard-setting is painstaking but necessary. But is it possible to devise a more flexible, dynamic system for agreeing standards to keep pace with changing technologies? A panel, organised by the Science|Business Innovation Board, discussed this at the Innovation Convention 2014

Europe needs to close the R&D and knowledge divides between its regions and shape its innovation strategy for the global stage, says the European Research and Innovation Area Board

Transformation of power systems is necessary to guarantee flexibility over long term, but this will be more difficult in some markets than in others

Europe’s research and innovation vitals are looking good, claimed President José Manuel Barroso this week, as researchers and policymakers descended on Brussels

Leading entrepreneurs working to commercialise publicly-funded university research point to a lack of understanding of how IP should be shaped and protected to ensure commercial success.

The European Commission has recognised three innovators, in the fields of space, neuroscience and molecular diagnostics

Venture capitalists should be in charge of picking technology winners, not civil servants, says Risto Siilasmaa, Chairman and interim CEO of Nokia

Following criticisms of the first phase in Framework Programme 7, the JTI public-private partnerships are to be remodelled to ensure flexibility whilst increasing transparency

The EU scoreboard, published this week shows the pace of innovation has slowed in almost one fifth of Europe’s regions

Too great a focus on short-term innovation could damage the long-term ability to grow. New policies are needed to encourage longer cycle innovation and local production, says Hiram Samel of Oxford University’s Saїd Business School

"The debates surrounding the sustainability of bioenergy will only grow louder as big urban areas start running out of water."

SMEs to compete for up to €3B under new Horizon 2020 calls

The European Commission confirms that Swiss researchers cannot participate on equal terms in bidding for grants in 2014