R&D News

Romania’s Dan Nica will handle regulation and rules of participation for the next research programme, while German MEP Christian Ehler will take on specific programme

Current EU health chief plays down fear from civil society groups that next Commission will drop EU health role

Science and policy groups will draft rules of participation in June, and Austrian presidency will sign off on a governance structure in November

New features in cohesion funding include incentives for cross-border investment and a dramatically scaled down rulebook

Former Italian prime minister Mario Monti tapped to find successor to current president, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

Sam Gyimah is pushing for favourable terms for UK membership in Horizon Europe. “You don’t want to put a cap on excellence,” he says

Latest European Commission analysis charts worries over falling levels of investment and weak university-business transfers

In a paper setting out its negotiating terms, the government calls for a far reaching-science and innovation pact and says it will respect the remit of the European Court of Justice  

Giant carpet and rug conglomerate can challenge use of name before July 16 – but ‘friendly outcome’ expected