As AI becomes a daily helper for research managers, institutions are awaiting EU guidelines and learning from one another

In the annual budget showdown, member states want to save money. Parliament vows not to let €166M be subtracted from EU research spending and is instead bidding for an extra €140M. Negotiations promise to be tougher than usual

European start-ups with patents or trademarks are up to ten times more likely to secure funding, according to a new report

Governments are strengthening security safeguards – sometimes with unintended consequences. It is time for an open dialogue where these are brought to the table

Poland’s Supreme Audit Office reported ‘alarming’ irregularities in the allocation of funds by the national research funding agency

As the first moves are made in shaping the 2028 – 2034 R&D programme, there are informal discussions about shifting the focus of Widening measures away from country level and using this initiative to support all less-advanced regions across the EU

With former president of the European Council Donald Tusk set to lead a coalition government, academics eye fundamental changes in the long-term strategy for science, greater academic freedom and more research funding

MEPs want an additional €3B for the Strategic Technologies for European Platform, bringing the total budget for the scheme to promote European manufacturing in critical sectors to €13B. Now attention turns to negotiating the terms with member states

Member states aren’t convinced that giving the project Mission status is the best way to ‘green’ neighbourhoods and bring Europe’s architectural and cultural heritage into the net-zero era

Labs in Israel have emptied as reservists are called up and foreign researchers fly home. With some scientists still under Hamas rocket fire, Israeli academics want the European Research Council to push back call deadlines