As the EU ups its AI research spending, the hottest grant topics include health and sensors. Patras, Utrecht and the auto manufacturer BMW are among the fastest-growing grant winners
The Commission’s guide to the next phase of EU’s R&I framework programme was published this week. It includes new partnerships, a research security section and a beefed up context for the EU missions
Paolo Gentiloni throws down a radical suggestion for the next Commission to solve Europe’s R&D underinvestment problem. But any extension of joint financing would be controversial
The European Defence Fund was set up to support research and development, but it could be rolled into the proposed defence industrial programme, Timo Pesonen, director general for Defence Industry and Space, told MEPs
The new law is intended to allow EU citizens to access their health records when in any member state, and to choose whether or not to allow anonymized data to be shared for secondary use in research and public health
After long negotiations MEPs agreed on the EU’s pharmaceutical reform. It includes longer exclusivity for data filed to get marketing approval for new drugs. But pharma still isn’t happy
Innovation in regenerative agriculture needs a broad brush approach if economic and ecological benefits are to be accurately assessed. A new project aims to scale up to landscape level to enable this
The BRICS research framework programme, running since 2016, uses strikingly similar language to those run by the EU. But the organisers insist it is not modelled on the EU programmes. Science|Business takes a look
The Horizon Europe Missions are facing a wave of criticism. But are the alleged flaws intrinsic to the missions concept, or are they the result of missteps in implementation that can be resolved? I believe it is the latter
The European Parliament has approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, but there are increasing worries about the burden of compliance and how, along with a mix of other digital legislation, companies now have a ‘regulatory spaghetti bowl’ to untangle
The debate in Germany about increasing military research funding is becoming more concrete. A commission of research experts, as well as ministers Bettina Stark-Watzinger and Robert Habeck, have called for stronger support for defense innovation
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