Viewpoint: BioMed Alliance Director Ulrich Jaeger argues that EU funding is crucial in allowing medical researchers across member states to collaborate in the development of new treatments. In Framework Programme 9, processes must be optimised and the budget boosted - to deliver for patients and the economy

In an interview with Science|Business, Director-General Robert-Jan Smits looks forward to greater synergies for research among EU policy areas, from agriculture to development

As Estonia’s EU presidency draws to a close, the country’s education and research minister Mailis Reps talks to Science|Business about the hurdles to negotiating a bigger EU research programme and the need to rationalise the funding landscape

Full membership is restored, but the Swiss are still counting the cost of being outside the EU research fold during the 2014 - 2016 immigration dispute. “If you’ve been there, you know how much it hurts,” says one scientist affected by the ban

French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed the creation of a European innovation body modelled on Darpa. Researchers at the Jacques Delors Institut in Berlin explore the agency’s potential structure and remit

Programme designed to improve healthcare by paying more to doctors who perform better on measures of care quality did not show any benefits

After being hit by delays and spiralling costs, the world’s biggest science project is finally making headway towards the ambition of proving fusion is a viable energy source

Sector deal features 25 investments from global companies and a pledge by government to provide funding for research infrastructure and long-term capital to allow start-ups to scale