Tim Hunt confirms resignation with European Commission, a day after resigning from University College London

There are many potential commercial gems in the work being done by ERC grantees. European business angels looking for new investments should check it out

Reshuffle at the top sees two new vice presidents and three scientific council members come on board

The budget of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research should be absorbed by the European Research Council. A proviso that projects backed by Dutch money be conducted in the Netherlands would strengthen the country’s research, says Luc Soete, Rector Magnificus, Maastricht University

Three out of four Starting grants go to young researchers hosted by Germany, UK, France, the Netherlands, Israel and Spain. There are no grants going to Switzerland

The EU has formally accepted Swiss scientists back into a handful of research programmes

A decrease in applications of almost two per cent is attributed to the ineligibility of Swiss scientists and new rules on re-submission

Being popular is a usually a good thing. But the European Research Council may have too much of a good thing.

Management science in the Internet Age: The embarrassing fact is that this information-drenched world is too complex to manage. Computer-based decision support tools can help. But we must be sure to control them, says Helga Nowotny

The ERC is making it easier for Korean scientists to join EU research teams, and a new research and innovation centre in Brussels will be a stepping stone to the EU for both Korean researchers and companies