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After three years of negotiations, vote in the industry and research committee of the European Parliament pushes Horizon Europe, Digital Europe and the European Defence Fund closer to reality

China-bashing has made the country’s scientists more defensive – it’s time for researchers in the west to champion engagement, says University of Kent sociologist, Joy Zhang

Stakeholders call for the establishment of accelerators and incubators in partnership with universities, to forge rural innovation networks across Europe and reduce the EU’s innovation divide

Confusion over GDPR is blocking scientific progress, throwing up barriers with US researchers in particular. More than 5,000 projects were affected in 2019 and the problem is ‘escalating’

Massive R&D proposal is part of US President’s ‘once in a generation’ $2.3T infrastructure plan – but opposition will be intense in Congress

The Commission is finalising the next generation of 40-odd public-private partnerships, with the first eleven set to launch in June, But after three years in the planning, the space partnership now finds itself in a sea of uncertainty

A letter to federal science agencies says the aim is to ‘restore and safeguard scientific integrity’

Building on lessons from the pandemic, European Institute of Innovation and Technology launches initiative to help universities become regional innovation engines

Researchers and universities need to expand their science-diplomacy mission as it becomes a centerpiece of European science policy

Genome editing is not a silver bullet, but the technology can contribute to the goals of the Farm to Fork strategy, researchers say

Ariel University, located in a settlement on the West Bank, should have no involvement in EU-funded projects researchers say, as the university denies one of its professors received EU funding

Investment and jobs in research have been hit by COVID-19. It’s time to assess the damage and prioritise for the re-build, says Sarah Main of the Campaign for Science and Engineering

Plans for the first year of the renewed €26.2B EU education programme are out, together with the first calls for projects

New government guidelines warn of ‘real threats’ to country’s intellectual property and business interests, as research councils bolster security

MEPs will soon have to take a position on the Commission’s proposal for new artificial intelligence rules. If too onerous, they will hamper future uses and restrict Europe’s competitiveness, experts say