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After months of speculation, Commission’s research chief confirms he will be leaving for Tokyo on 1 September

Next year’s budget proposed by the European Commission this week foresees an increase of €100M for the research and innovation programme

US and EU need to build up key advanced industries as China’s global market share surges, Washington, DC, think tank report finds

Academics mourn losing principal investigator status in the teams they created. The failure to agree UK association has left consortia scrambling to rescue projects, resulting in months of paperwork and delays

Science minister George Freeman visited Brussels on Wednesday in a last-ditch attempt to end the 18-month deadlock over association to the EU research programme

In an interview in Washington, German research minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger outlines plans for upcoming G7 meeting – and promises ‘tangible’ results

WHO is creating new guidelines to stop lab leaks and the development of bioweapons. But scientists, focused on projects and funding, see only the benefits, rather than the risks, of their work, report warns.

Draft conclusions due to be adopted Friday, signal that ministers will put their weight behind Commission’s push for reforms. But they will emphasise the need to reflect the diversity of research systems across member states

EU’s new innovation fund has had a rocky start under Horizon Europe. MEP Christian Ehler is pushing to get debate out in the open and make the Commission sort out the problem

As the EU Defence Innovation Scheme takes shape, questions remain about gaps and barriers in Europe’s defence innovation ecosystem.

In advance of the G7 heads of state get together later this month, the academies are demanding action on pandemic preparedness, zoonotic diseases, decarbonisation and melting ice

Leading tech investor Hermann Hauser says Europe’s approach to technology sovereignty is the only ‘scalable model’

Work on the UK’s Plan B alternative is intensifying as patience with Brussels wanes. The plan is set to include more money for SMEs and innovation, and to tilt research collaboration away from the EU

New report finds the EU’s venture capital scene remains overwhelmingly male-dominated, despite attempts to address gender imbalance