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Political agreement on simplified funding model, specific instrument for SMEs and increase for Marie Curie and European Research Council

Europe could be on the cusp of a second industrial revolution in which advances in information and communications technologies (ICT) fuel a dramatic improvement in productivity. But the revolution may yet be stymied by inadequate education, privacy concerns and a lack of ambition

There is an "massive economic opportunity" to use a combination of materials science and data analytics to improve fuel performance and reduce downtime in industry, according to Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and CEO of industrial conglomerate GE

Europe needs a better framework for translating biological research into new drugs and treatments. It’s essential to collaborate and share best practice said experts at a workshop on advancing translational medicine at the Medical University of Warsaw

The Medical University of Warsaw has eyes on becoming a leading university at the heart of a high tech cluster. The route to this future is through partnership with industry – and with peers - says Slawomir Majewski

The finalists of ACES 2013 are proof that Europe has the ingredients to create the best of high tech start-ups, while their founders are inspiring entrepreneur role models. But more support is needed to help others learn from – and build on – these exemplars

The League of European Research Universities has once again hit out at IP rules and funding levels in the EU’s Innovative Medicines Initiative, saying academics will be discouraged from taking part in the €2B collaborative research programme

If Europe is serious about boosting innovation it needs to create a single market for innovation, reducing bureaucracy, allowing greater cross-border cooperation and promoting the development and mobility of skills, says leading industrialist Nani Beccalli-Falco

There are fine lines to tread – and regulatory, technical and cultural obstacles to negotiate – to protect the IP rights that underpin commercialisation and defend individual privacy when opening up and interconnecting Big Data stores

The European Commission has accepted the Court of Auditors report on the shortcomings of Framework Programme 7 and says they will be addressed in Horizon 2020

Support at EU institution-level will not be enough to secure the digital single market. It’s time for public administration to "make the digital switchover" says Pilar del Castillo Vera, MEP and Rapporteur for the Report on a New Digital Agenda for Europe

Models that demonstrate how Big Data can create jobs, foster resilience and make healthcare systems sustainable exist today. Now leadership is needed to build on this and stimulate a new wave of economic and social progress

The winners of the 5th annual Academic Enterprise Awards have been announced at a conference that brought together Europe's innovation leaders to discuss the importance of research, innovation and entrepreneurship

Calls from the European Parliament for the full costs of research to be met in Horizon 2020 fall on deaf ears, as EU Research Ministers confirm existing flat-rate reimbursement model will stay