As plans to include research and innovation in a new EU Competitiveness Fund firm up, attention is shifting to the legislative process

BusinessEurope calls for a ringfenced budget for research and innovation and a balance between strategic and bottom-up research

More governments should follow Lithuania and transfer regional funds for “direct management” by the European Innovation Council

New curbs on academic freedom mean Serbia no longer meets conditions for joining the EU, campaigners argue

A new leaked plan for the EU Competitiveness Fund adds further uncertainty, as commissioners gather to discuss the next multiannual budget 

European Innovation Council calls for charm offensive, and practical help, to lure start-up founders and staff turned off by Trump

Europe needs to embrace support for dual use innovation and seize the opportunity to build leading companies in critical technologies

Talent attraction schemes are “generosity” that will keep scientific careers alive, webinar told

Europe cannot fund research just to get a return on investment, policy analysts and university groups tell Commission

MEPs vote for a long-term EU budget focused on competitiveness and defence, with an independent research Framework Programme