Project backed by European Research Council aims to develop new science and techniques to holistically evaluate earthquake and tsunami risks

EU publishes 109 comments on its plan to form a European Innovation Council – and most support the idea so long as it doesn’t eat up existing EU research funds and awards grants faster

Grant will fund development of repository and curation of ERC research published in books

Since her term as President of the European Research Council ended in 2013, Helga Nowotny has turned author. Her book on the role of uncertainty in science, The Cunning of Uncertainty, has just been published. Science|Business spoke to her at the recent Innovation Conference in Barcelona

The problem of gender imbalance continues, with men winning 72% of grants. And with 2,920 proposals submitted, the success rate was under 10%

The European Research Council has elected Klaus Bock, Carlsberg’s ex-CTO, as a new vice president

While the European Research Council exists to fund excellent basic science, its proof of concept grants allow researchers to go one step further and embark on the path to commercialisation. A spinout formed as a result has been named ‘Most Investible Company’

The first competition opened this week, with two more scheduled for October

Ambarella is buying the Italian self-driving vehicle lab developed with the help of European Research Council funding

Europe’s research funder has awarded its 5,000th grant