The Widening programme is too complicated. It needs to be restructured and to have a more inspiring name, but it should remain part of FP10

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

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

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

Internal memo details how Ursula von der Leyen wants to restructure EU science and technology programmes

As speculation grows, Christian Ehler MEP claims key decisions on FP10 will be made in the coming weeks

London wants “evolution not revolution” in the EU’s next research and innovation programme, set to start in 2028