Universities are worried that the call from former WTO chief Pascal Lamy for them to nurture more start-up founders and digitise faster puts their broader contributions to society, culture and the economy at risk of being sidelined
EU research chief Robert-Jan Smits talks about the priorities for 2018 – 2020, getting the European Innovation Council off the ground and the changes coming in Framework Programme 9
EU research chief Robert-Jan Smits talks about the priorities for 2018 – 2020, getting the European Innovation Council off the ground and the changes coming in Framework Programme 9
New economic review by Science|Business finds strong evidence of R&D impact – but huge variation in estimates, and uncertainty over which programmes work best
Horizon 2020’s system of rigid calls and heavy auditing discourages high-risk, high-impact projects, says Ángeles Rodriguez-Peña, as she bows out as head of COST
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