Innovation clusters could thread multiple EU funding streams together to promote regional development. But those on the ground say fragmented schemes make this impossible, and reforms can’t go ahead until the 2021 – 27 budget is agreed

European Commission president tells MEPs EU needs a bigger budget if it wants to become a ‘world leading research region’

At a Science|Business conference, senior US official delivers the sharp message that Trump administration won’t buy the EU’s proposed terms for joining its big research programme

Constance C. Arvis, director for science and technology cooperation at the US State Department, delivered a sharp statement on Horizon Europe at a Science|Business conference. Read the full text here.

Member states will begin setting out rules on extending EU research programme internationally

Mariya Gabriel says renewed effort to create the European Research Area will help bridge performance disparities. But national governments need to play their part 

The hold up in agreeing the EU’s next seven year financial framework means there will be a hiatus in grant awards between the two Horizon R&D programmes

Most of the 43 items on the commission’s 2020 to-do list relate to the green deal and digital technologies, but there is a promise to breathe new life into the European Research Area 

EU and UK should consider special immigration arrangement for scientists and limited EU regulatory alignment, a joint study by Wellcome and Bruegel says. But it concludes, the UK is likely to miss the start of Horizon Europe

Sandrine Dixson-Declève to chair a 16-strong panel to give advice on research and innovation policy to underpin EU sustainable development