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As the first calls for Horizon 2020 are launched, Science|Business examines the draft programmes. This week: Access to risk finance

The EU has set ambitious climate and energy targets for 2020 that require improvements and innovation in the generation, supply, delivery and use of energy. Research to be funded in Horizon 2020 should help

As the first calls are launched and the details revealed, Science|Business examines the Horizon 2020 draft programmes. Here is the programme for Health, demographic change and well-being

Success rates may drop to 15% from 20-22%, as EU officials brace for an unprecedented flood of applicants

“It’s time to get down to business,” said EU Commissioner for Research and Innovation, Máire Geoghegan Quinn, launching the first calls under the EU seven year flagship R&D programme, Horizon 2020.

Commission launches call for independent evaluators to single out the best research and innovation proposals

As negotiations come to an end and attention shifts to the finer details, Science|Business examines the Horizon 2020 draft programmes. This week: Information and Communication Technologies

Looking forward to the launch of one of the world’s largest public R&D programmes, Science|Business interviews Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, the EU Commissioner at the centre of formulating Horizon 2020 and steering it over the finishing line

In times of shrinking public spending, the 8th Framework Programme offers more money for R&D. With this show of faith comes an explicit new mandate for universities: Be engines of growth