EU competition policy is holding the continent back, Lithuania’s former prime minister Andrius Kubilius, now an MEP and sitting on the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy committee, tells Science|Business

Citizens everywhere must be directly involved in formulating the moonshot missions in Horizon Europe, says European Commission special adviser. The way schoolchildren have pushed the climate emergency to the top of the political agenda shows the appetite for involvement is there  

The European Commission has announced the names of the people to lead the five research missions in Horizon Europe

As incoming MEPs convened for the first time, political groups announced who they’ll be sending to the parliament’s committee for industry, research and energy. Science|Business canvassed new members’ views on the upcoming R&D programme, Horizon Europe

Opinions are being canvassed on the first public outline of plans for implementation of €94.1B research funding programme

Mark Ferguson will lead the 22-strong advisory board set up to help guide the EIC through the remainder of its pilot phase and assist in planning the rollout of the new research commercialisation body

There is horse trading ahead, but Bert De Colvenaer, head of the EU’s €5B electronics and systems partnership is pleased to see the successor project taking shape. Industry wants a bigger budget and for larger companies to continue to get public funding

Decisions over research, farm and other EU budgets postponed to the end of 2019, as EU Council divides over top EU leadership jobs

Officials in Ottawa say they plan to step up funding for Canadian researchers to join other countries’ R&D programmes – including Horizon Europe

Günther Oettinger asks EU member states to publish a roadmap that lays out how they will reach agreement on the next EU budget by the October deadline