Canada is closest to a deal for access to EU R&D programme. Japan, South Korea and Switzerland are also in line. But local political and budget issues may make access slower than researchers hope

Now that science relations between EU and UK are on the mend, Europe’s science community can breathe a deep sigh of relief. But how did we get here? And what do the science lobbies think of it?

London now has a firmer guarantee it will get money back if UK researchers fail to win enough grants from the research programme. But the deal is still lopsided - in the EU’s favour

As most breathe a sigh of relief, a leading MEP questions concession it is claimed could allow the UK to win grants over and above its contribution. The UK is not rejoining the Erasmus study abroad scheme or lifting post-Brexit visa requirements

After multiple false dawns, London and Brussels have finally agreed a deal to allow the UK to rejoin. The UK will also join the Copernicus space programme, but is out of Euratom and the ITER fusion project

European Commission refuses to comment on optimistic reports about an agreement about to be announced for the UK to join flagship EU research programme after years of delay

After MEPs questioned Iliana Ivanova on the key priorities in advance of the vote on her appointment as commissioner, the research community in Brussels draws up its own to-do list

Research commissioner-to-be outlines her priorities as MEPs grill her on the key research, innovation and education issues ahead of the plenary vote on her appointment later this month

The commissioner-to-be has set out her views on the Horizon Europe budget, association, strategic autonomy and the east-west innovation divide ahead of the hearing in Parliament next week

Leaked document shows head of RTD Marc Lemaître is planning unit to focus on how AI can increase productivity in science whilst preventing its misuse