R&D News

New European Court of Auditors report finds there is a risk of further cost increases and delays to the ITER project. All other Horizon 2020 joint undertakings have ‘healthy’ financial management but some are behind schedule on implementation

Public-private partnership to be set up as part of Horizon Europe will help transform an old-fashioned sector into a competitive, digital, and green global leader

Next research programme can start on time, and MEPs also manage to claw back money for health and student exchanges. But there’s disappointment they didn’t salvage more

Reduced EU and national science research spending could undermine the career prospects of up and coming researchers, speakers at the Marie Curie Alumni Association conference warn

Negotiators meet again on Tuesday, with MEPs hoping to claw back billions of euros in cuts to Horizon Europe

President elect vows to ‘follow the science’, setting out a 7-point action plan to beat the pandemic, including $25B to offer every citizen a free COVID-19 vaccine

The Democratic candidate appears Saturday to have gotten over the line in the US election, prompting an outpouring of relief and celebration after four years of tumult. President Trump has refused to concede

In ‘last impassioned plea’ dozens of MEPs are asking the EU commission president and German chancellor to defend the budget for Horizon Europe

Public trust in scientific advice would improve if scientists engaged more effectively with the general public, says Rolf-Dieter Heuer, chair of the European Commission’s group of scientific advisors

Five public-private research partnerships in digital technologies aim to reduce dependence on foreign products and instil ‘European values’ in areas such as artificial intelligence and robotics