R&D News

The Swedish presidency of the Council of the EU is due to start in January, with plans to focus on open science and research infrastructures

On a visit to Japan, science minister George Freeman unveiled the latest funding pot designed to compensate for exclusion from Horizon Europe. But he insists association to the EU’s framework programme remains the UK’s first choice

MEPs want the EU’s seven-year budget to deliver on green and digital policy while leaving room for manoeuvre during crises. They say more money is needed to meet demand, including more investment in research

The Cassovia New Industry Cluster launched in 2021 with the aim of bringing universities and industry together to increase the industrial competitiveness of an economically deprived region

There are two new calls in the €900M plan that aims to reduce the innovation gap in Europe

With a new start-up visa, Bulgaria joins the Baltic states in offering foreign entrepreneurs a fast-track to residency

An anthropologist studying conspiracy theories is just the second researcher in the country to win a European Research Council grant, a small step forward as Slovakia struggles to improve its research system

In the midst of sky high geopolitical tensions, the Commission is lining up a new agenda to consolidate the bloc’s approach to using science to build stronger ties around the world

Eva Kaili, vice president of the Parliament and a pillar of research and innovation policy, has been arrested over alleged corruption charges

The annual EU budget negotiations are done, but the Brussels research circles are ‘fatigued’ with the fight over whether to return unspent money into the €95.5 billion funding pot