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On eve of inauguration, the US president-elect raises chief scientist to a cabinet-level position, and vows a return to the Paris climate accord ‘with the urgency the science demands’

“We are preparing the post-COVID world. A place where generations meet, life is affordable, the planet is protected and style matches with sustainability,” says Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, launching first phase of the New European Bauhaus

‘We need to be more offensive and aggressive,’ says EU Internal Market commissioner Thierry Breton, as he outlines a plan to put hundreds of communications satellites into space to run the internet

The European Commission wants to green the research agenda and have the new programme running by June, to launch the first joint calls with Horizon Europe

Better integration of funding streams is the route to fostering the long-elusive single market for research, says Portugal’s research minister Manuel Heitor

Researchers based in the UK secure the largest number of grants as the EU’s basic research funding body hands out €8.25 million for proof-of-concept projects

EIC takes first step to becoming one of Europe’s biggest venture capital investors as it acquires €178M of shares in emerging science and technology companies. That could increase to €3B over the next seven years

Government to consult on enabling gene edited crop plants and livestock, as scientists tout the potential for a Brexit advantage

There is the promise of improved access to the Chinese market for EU technology and healthcare companies, but disquiet is spreading among politicians over the terms of the new trade agreement

EU officials confirm there is no ‘special access’ for the UK to the €7.9B European Defence Fund, despite claims to the contrary

Turing exchange programme will not be a full substitute, educators warn. There is not enough time to get properly off the ground by September 2021, and the plan looks to be under-funded

As Portugual takes the EU helm, science minister Manuel Heitor outlines how EU programmes can boost research careers, promote a greener, fairer Europe, and speed pandemic recovery through a renewed European Research Area

A miserable year, we all agree. But there were a few positive developments worth recalling…