Sources say Jean-Eric Paquet is to leave Commission’s directorate for research and innovation - but official appointment could take months

UK researchers have two months to decide whether to move to an eligible institution or give up grants from the European Research Council

The new measures go one step further than the first set of sanctions announced in March

Leading MEP welcomes the idea but wants to establish a much broader fellowship programme under Horizon Europe and have it running by 2024.

Following last week’s leak of European Commission first drafts of 2023-24 programmes, more are disclosed. They include a €500K plan to set up a European Start-up Scoreboard

Both countries are still locked out of full participation. Here’s what their academics can still apply for, and the national guarantee schemes designed to keep them in Horizon networks.

Figures from the European Defence Agency show EU member states are investing more in joint R&D with military applications, as the Commission makes moves to open up research funds for ‘dual-use’ technologies

Change of approach is designed to help smaller EU countries attract more scientists from abroad and freshen up research teams

As calls for coordinated EU aid grow, the ERA4Ukraine portal pulls together information and support services for researchers both fleeing the war or under siege conditions in Ukraine