French MEP Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield has a ‘creative’ answer to the current stalemate, saying rule of law concerns could be circumvented by handing the management of EU research funding to an independent body

Drawn by the generous terms of NATO’s Diana accelerator and mobilised by the war in Ukraine, start-ups in central and eastern Europe are opening up to adapting their technologies for use in defence

Iliana Ivanova says it’s her ‘personal priority’ to secure more association deals with non-EU countries in the coming months

European Commission research suggests awarding grants to early career researchers and involving industry is good for innovation

The head of a biotech start-up tells how the war has upended his company and the wider Israeli ecosystem. The normal rules of capitalism have been relaxed, with rival start-ups and venture capitalists now helping each other out

Europe’s open access advocates set out a vision for system-level reform to make scientific publishing faster, more open and scholar-led

After a slow start, the new instrument allowing partners in Widening countries to join a project after it starts is beginning to have an impact – but reservations remain about the way the scheme is being run

Universities are pleased to see progress in moves to make research jobs more stable and desirable, but say they can’t implement the plans alone

Draft documents seen by Science|Business suggest governments want to strike a different balance between basic and applied research, more strategic international cooperation, and better synergy with other funding streams in the next EU research programme