Call them what you will: change makers, thought leaders, people who get stuff done. This is the Science|Business guide to those with the most influence over the size and shape of the EU’s next research programme

Commission wants “fast track” action on its proposed Horizon Europe legislation, but many in member states and Parliament balk

The UK decision to leave the EU cuts at science’s core ethos of openness. As exit negotiations lurch along, researchers from across Europe are yet to spot a bright side to losing such an important science partner

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon urges researchers to press their governments for a bigger EU research budget

US officials meeting counterparts in Brussels on next EU research plan, urge more flexibility to make transatlantic research easier - and ask what ‘associate’ partnership would mean

The UK is to up its annual contribution to Eureka from £5M to £15M, with an eye on maintaining credibility and standing as Europe’s science champion after Brexit

Budget negotiations under way in Brussels will decide which industry-led research partnerships are worth keeping, amid pressure to wind some up