Lobbyists mount last, urgent blitz ahead of Wednesday’s budget announcement

The new rules would enable researchers to access structural funds for projects when Framework programme R&D funding is not available

The European Commission is looking to build synergies between different sources of funding. A joint workshop of Science|Business and the European University Association came up with 6 ideas

Notes of an internal brainstorming session at European Commission hint at steps for choosing missions, ideas on who might run them, and the level of funding

Draft plans for the next EU research programme include lots of hot-button issues – from terrorism to healthcare inequality – that could attract broader political support

Draft papers show European Commission staff opting for familiarity, and a sprinkle of salesmanship, with successor to Horizon 2020

Draft paper on Framework Programme 9 highlights changes in the way industry or researchers in foreign countries can participate

Campaign against a multi-billion euro plan enlists over 400 researchers around Europe and further afield. Rather than weapons, the EU should fund research to tackle the root causes of conflict, they say  

Rising support for populist parties is disrupting the politics of member states. A leaked plan for FP9 proposes a bigger focus on research to understand the roots of populism and how it may be defused