As EU research framework programmes put more a greater focus on innovation, applied sciences universities are pulling their weight in Horizon Europe. Now they need help in the form of calls targeted at their resources and capabilities

A European Institute of Innovation and Technology scheme allowing Ukrainian institutions to join existing university entrepreneurship networks has seen significant uptake – leading on to a number of success stories

The country’s low number of PhDs and unattractive academic career pathways has left it struggling to replace retiring academics and is holding back its research performance

A new research commissioner, a staff reshuffle at the Commission and a potential breakthrough in the long-running stalemate over UK association to Horizon Europe are on the cards

Move comes after revelation that EU cash was flowing to Chinese telecoms giant’s European subsidiaries despite it recently being labelled 'high risk' by Brussels

A report from a recent conference looking at the impact of war one year on, calls for measures to protect science systems in times of crisis - starting with Ukraine

Some university heads are saying the country should follow the French model of consolidation after the only university to have featured in the research-focused ranking drops out

Spanish presidency of the EU Council has held talks on the final three years of Horizon Europe, as policymakers start to set outlines for the successor seven-year research framework programme

In Horizon Europe, China is barred from some calls, but welcomed on others. Despite rising geopolitical tensions, scientific collaboration is still happening – but not without friction

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology is one of the few cogs in the innovation ecosystem to craft something useful from the EU’s nebulous New European Bauhaus initiative