R&D News

COVID-19 has elevated, but also exposed scientists. Politicians want clarity, but it’s crucial to explain what is known, unknown and unknowable, says Rolf-Dieter Heuer, chair of the EU group of chief scientific advisers

A flurry of cooperation projects has enabled Europe’s main life sciences research data infrastructure ELIXIR, to team up with EMBL’s bioinformatics institute and work together on building an EU health data space

Science Europe calls for the European Commission’s recovery package in Horizon Europe to be extended beyond 2024

The European Commission is optimistic about a political breakthrough during July summit as it moves forward with proposal to boost the 2021 R&D budget by 30%

Scientists based in the UK dominate Horizon 2020’s excellent science programme and make key collaborative links between institutes in Europe, study shows

Charities that invested £1.9B in biomedical R&D in 2019 warn it will be years before they recover from the effects of COVID-19, with the loss of a generation of young researchers

Romanian government scrambles to help mend relations between EU-funded laser research facility in Bucharest and counterparts in Hungary and the Czech Republic

The European Research Area and technological sovereignty top Germany’s agenda for its six-month stint at the helm of the council of the EU

As EU leaders put off a final decision on the 2021-2027 spending plans to summit in July, the clamour for more research funding intensifies. Now the research commissioner is adding her voice