Payment delays, pandemic disruption affect a €494M research partnership between European, North African and Middle Eastern countries – but organisers press ahead with diplomatically important project

Latest details on the new budget proposal reveal plan to cut 3.2% off most Horizon Europe programmes, while giving a boost from the pandemic R&D fund to the European Innovation Council and applied research in health, digital and climate

‘Scientific exodus’ over next six months if there is no certainty on access to EU funding, says Venki Ramakrishnan. The UK should make an immediate financial commitment to the programme

The parliament can start negotiations with the council and the commission on the remaining issues as soon as member states reach an agreement on the 2021-2027 EU budget

Decision to postpone is ‘organisational’ but could be read as a signal to member states and national research ministers to agree on the final details of the research programme before the next EU budget comes into force

After the ravages of COVID-19, the EU’s 2020 science, research and innovation performance report sets out 11 recommendations for the future direction of R&D

There’s more in the pot, but MEPs and research lobbies decry ‘mismatch’ between European Commission’s revised research budget and the post-COVID-19 mountains to be scaled

Plan to infuse recovery money into green, digital and other research initiatives faces challenge from EU fiscal hardliners

More money for research is included in Commission’s €1.85 trillion long-term budget, but MEPs and lobbyists pore over the details to see the potential impact

The EU sets out research plan for switch to more sustainable farming and preservation of biodiversity, as one route out of the COVID-19 recession