With the biggest groups in Parliament set to remain the same, research and innovation priorities won’t drastically shift, experts say

There is potential to deliver breakthrough innovation, but venture funding needs more capital from institutional investors, says a new report

Messy communication around an EU ban on 21 Hungarian universities accessing Horizon Europe funds has had a terrible impact on Hungary’s participation in the programme and relationships with European partners, Hungarian authorities say. The ban is on funding, not participation, but this is not well understood and a hesitancy to work with Hungarian partners has spread around Europe. A new letter from the Commission seeks to clarify the situation.

Elsewhere, a project to build new scientific infrastructure for Ukraine in Poland receives a financial boost, and an Estonian professor argues in favour of funding more science with Widening measures. Finally, Poland’s space tech companies are going to benefit from playing a leading role in the design of two new satellite constellations being built later this decade.  

The political rift widens as the research and innovation sector struggles to decide on joint research projects with Israel