For the past two years, Mariya Gabriel has steered the digital agenda. Now, researchers are anxious to see what her move to R&D commissioner will mean  

In a renewed call for a bigger budget, 93 research associations argue two thirds of Horizon Europe money should be ring fenced for global challenges and boosting industrial competitiveness

State secretary for science and education, Tome Antičić tells Science|Business Croatia will seek new measures to promote brain circulation during the country’s upcoming presidency of the EU council

Viewpoint: The announcement of the new Commission should prompt some deeper thinking in EU capitals about the way they manage science and technology

Nominated for Innovation and Youth commissioner, Gabriel is expected to take on an expanded portfolio, merging education with research and innovation. She will move from her current post overseeing digital policy

Lithuania’s economy and innovation minister tipped for EU research portfolio

As he prepares to leave the European Commission, Vladimir Šucha, head of the Joint Research Centre speaks about the challenges facing the EU and how the science service can help the new leadership in Brussels

Brussels-based think tank Bruegel says EU must ensure autonomy of European Research Council, find top people to run European Innovation Council and conduct more research with China

Jean-Eric Paquet denies the new Innovation Council will undercut the EU’s 11-year old Institute of Innovation and Technology, as he updates MEPs on preparations for Horizon Europe

As he resigns as rector of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gunnar Bovim calls for the EU to attract more women project leaders to its research programmes. Fixing the gender gap in academia is ‘not trivial’, he says