The EMA has also announced a plan to expedite study set-up on the back of the Clinical Trials Regulation, coming into force at the end of this month. But beneath the rhetoric of Brexit deregulation, the UK does not want to diverge from international peers
Among its proposals is an EU system for awarding joint degrees. But stakeholders doubt member states will give up national competences in higher education in order to deliver this
Austria’s decision to ratify the provisional implementation of the Unitary Patent Court agreement ends a decade-long deadlock. After a run in period the full launch of the single patent is expected in the next 12 months
It’s currently shut out of international research in Horizon Europe, but Switzerland is now a member of the €1.9B project to build the world’s largest telescope, becoming the first non-founder country to join the club
New government aims to make the country a leader in quantum computing, following inauguration at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre of the world’s most powerful quantum machine, developed by Canada’s D-Wave Systems
Economy minister says the ‘planets are aligned’ to ease EU dependence on imports from China. But meagre R&D investment and a lack of raw materials could hold back France’s ambitious industrial agenda for its Council presidency
A new round of €384M in Canadian grants wins applause from the R&D community, but also questions about how fast science and technology budgets can keep growing
A report commissioned by the ITRE committee says small companies should tap EU funds to develop new products and services, strengthening Europe’s space industry and reinforcing its global competitiveness
The EIC’s investment arm is caught up in legal difficulties and infighting at the Commission. Start-ups and SMEs promised equity funding face ‘massive uncertainty’ and will have to wait months into 2022 to get the cash
Agreement is expected to end years of political disagreement that held back attempts to add more money to the public R&D purse, while new tax incentives aim to persuade companies to invest more in innovation
As the European Research Council hands out €619M to early-career researchers in first Horizon Europe funding round, 28 grantees in Switzerland must take the money elsewhere, while UK-based winners warned they may have to do likewise if association talks fail
Biden Administration issues new ‘guidance’ for US academics reporting their collaborations with China, Russia and others – attempting to strike balance between security and openness
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