Government comes up with 11th hour funds to help meet association cost after lobbying effort by science leaders. But critics still call plan ‘very opaque’, and say it isn’t enough

After the government pulls global research funds, top researchers hit back at prospect that participation in Horizon Europe will come from domestic R&D budget

Money is set to flow for space research, new communication technologies, quantum computing and green manufacturing

Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe grant holders can publish their work on the new platform for free. All papers will be scrutinized by peers and the reviews published too

Ministers are yet to say how the country will pay for access to the EU science programme, as opposition MPs tell government it is not ‘walking the talk’ on ‘science superpower’ commitment

Age limits are introduced in a bid to increase success rates, while new incentive to spend time in industry aims to develop more transferrable skills. €1.8B will be awarded in the next two years

The launch of Horizon Europe has been a moving target. Now, MEPs urge the European Commission to make sure delays to the research programme do not affect scientists

As debate rages over European control of sensitive technologies, Germany’s parliamentary state secretary Thomas Rachel says three EU neighbours are ‘important partners'

Evolving plan for Horizon Europe is caught up in fierce debate over whether EU should block its closest neighbours from strategic technology research

German MEP Niklas Nienass says the drive for technological independence ‘goes too far’ and will ‘shed a poor light on the EU’