FP10 a ‘top priority’, Ekaterina Zaharieva tells MEPs, quelling fears R&D budget would be merged with the competitiveness fund

Draft work programme reveals plans for the first dedicated Widening calls for European Innovation Council pre-accelerator funding

Two science parks now under construction will give start-ups the space and facilities needed to grow. But will that attract investment?

Industry endorses the idea of two new councils, to oversee industrial competitiveness and technology, and European societal challenges

The head of the EU’s most prestigious research funding body is once again campaigning to defend its autonomy

A more centralised, policy-driven approach to managing EU research funds, could endanger efforts to close Europe’s innovation divide

The existing system is not producing radical breakthroughs – but FP10 could change that, according to a high-level report

The chair of the Commission’s FP10 advisory group says each part of the next Framework Programme should be run by independent councils

Shared science facilities are essential to more and more fields of research. The EU must support them in Framework Programme 10

The European Parliament gets ready to fight proposed cuts to the 2025 EU budget