As 2023 draws to a close, we have put together a list of the stories that shaped research and innovation policy over the past 12 months

Here’s an explainer on how the next seven-year EU research programme, FP10, is being crafted, from the EU institutions and stakeholders, to the budget battle and potential sticking points

In the face of competing demands, it is critically important that FP10 is not stretched thin but instead concentrates on what EU research programmes do best

With its misguided ‘missions’ and ‘bottom-up’ funding, Horizon Europe isn’t delivering the economic prosperity and industrial competitiveness Europe needs, argues a Washington think-tanker

Portugal’s former research minister, Manuel Heitor, will chair the group advising the Commission on the next seven-year EU research programme. The group will be striving for impact - and the budget will be a critical issue, Heitor tells Science|Business

The expert group set up to advise on the next EU research framework programme will hold its first meeting in early December. Group members will be named soon

MEP draws on parliament’s success in securing an extra €85M for research in 2024, asking stakeholders to make a bigger budget for Framework programme 10 a priority in their national campaigns for the 2024 European elections

Over 40 years, the EU’s flagship research programmes have drifted from their early focus on collaborative, pre-competitive R&D benefiting industry and society. A Swedish expert on the programme calls for a rethink

Draft documents seen by Science|Business suggest governments want to strike a different balance between basic and applied research, more strategic international cooperation, and better synergy with other funding streams in the next EU research programme

As talks on cooking up the next EU framework programme get underway, the head of France’s largest research organisation shares his wish list for the future of European R&I policy