A year and a half since its launch, Commission infighting is holding up EIC Accelerator funding from flowing to EU’s deep tech start-ups. The Board is urging action to unlock the funding, before the delays cause further reputational damage

Enterprising academics are using European Research Council proof of concept grants to build companies and negotiate Europe’s market failures

In a heated debate, MEPs grilled a Commission official after learning decisions on equity financing for start-ups under the EIC Accelerator must now be rubber stamped by the College of Commissioners, the top of the bureaucratic tree in the EU executive

The Czech capital has nurtured a strong space and earth observation industry, but start-ups there are yet to feel the benefits of Prague hosting two EU space data agencies

MEPs vow to overturn cuts proposed by member states in their new proposal for next year’s R&D budget. Christian Ehler MEP says overall cuts to research and innovation could be ‘well over’ €1B in 2023

After months of waiting for the Commission to fix internal management issues and start distributing equity funding to start-ups, Parliament’s research and industry committee is moving to force the issue

The east-west innovation divide is now front and centre in EU innovation policy. This pleases the movers and shakers in central and eastern states, but also raises their expectations for action

First year will be dedicated to setting up the network, but the Fraunhofer-led consortium has plans to train thousands of entrepreneurs and support businesses in their green transition

There is a broad welcome for the plan to make Europe a global innovation leader. But now comes the hard part of turning it into reality

A grace period could be the saving grace of European innovators who inadvertently disclose their inventions before filing a patent. But it would also create legal uncertainty for all users of the patent system