Priorities include the circular economy, hydrogen energy, nature restoration and public transport

Details emerge on who will be on Ekaterina Zaharieva’s team, but last minute tweaks are expected ahead of official confirmation

Navigating the next steps for EU research Missions – and for EU R&I as a whole - requires a steady hand and building on experience to date

Changes to Horizon Europe’s 2023/24 work programme will see new calls to Pillar 2 and a top-up for Missions, while fresh life is breathed into the New European Bauhaus

The Commission’s guide to the next phase of EU’s R&I framework programme was published this week. It includes new partnerships, a research security section and a beefed up context for the EU missions

The Horizon Europe Missions are facing a wave of criticism. But are the alleged flaws intrinsic to the missions concept, or are they the result of missteps in implementation that can be resolved? I believe it is the latter

Anyone with a knowledge of the recent history of innovation policy could have predicted the broad-brush Missions set up under Horizon Europe would not have a smooth ride. With preparations for Framework Programme 10 underway, it is time for a rethink

Three years after their launch, member states are still trying to make sense of the ‘Grand Challenge’ research missions

Otmar Wiestler wants the next framework programme to include EU-wide efforts to take industrial leadership in new technologies. He’s also not in “fundamental opposition” to military dual use research calls in Horizon Europe’s successor