EU ministers talk about cooperation on data sharing and open science publishing at the kick off meeting for research and innovation policy under Sweden’s six-month EU presidency. Here’s what to expect in the coming months

A world-class R&I sector based on openness and sharing of knowledge is a critical pillar of future prosperity. The EU has a key role to play in building and sustaining this

The member states have reached agreement on their priorities. Now, work on the ‘tricky part’ – of implementing the seventeen policy issues that will underpin the single market for research - is about to begin at the ERA Forum

Science|Business is publishing all the newest – unapproved - versions of Horizon Europe work programmes for 2023 and 2024. Researchers across Europe can now get an early glimpse of what R&I projects could win funding in the next two years

Next week, the plan initiated by the Commission to make assessments of research more meaningfully reflect its impact and value will open up to signatories. Then the hard work of translating it to action on the ground will begin

Science|Business is launching a brand-new newsletter focusing on the research and innovation divide in Europe

The eastern European country is among the first to announce that parts of its pandemic recovery funds will go to researchers who received the Commission’s quality stamp

In a heated debate, MEPs grilled a Commission official after learning decisions on equity financing for start-ups under the EIC Accelerator must now be rubber stamped by the College of Commissioners, the top of the bureaucratic tree in the EU executive

In a swansong interview, Jean-Eric Paquet hails Horizon Europe and the rebooting of the European Research Area, but acknowledges more work is needed to get the European Innovation Council operating smoothly

There is a broad welcome for the plan to make Europe a global innovation leader. But now comes the hard part of turning it into reality