EU’s new innovation fund has had a rocky start under Horizon Europe. MEP Christian Ehler is pushing to get debate out in the open and make the Commission sort out the problem

As the EU Defence Innovation Scheme takes shape, questions remain about gaps and barriers in Europe’s defence innovation ecosystem.

Research heavyweights in central and eastern Europe met last week to consider how to improve their performance in EU research funding programmes. At present most applicants from the region are rejected at the first stage of evaluation

Leading tech investor Hermann Hauser says Europe’s approach to technology sovereignty is the only ‘scalable model’

Work on the UK’s Plan B alternative is intensifying as patience with Brussels wanes. The plan is set to include more money for SMEs and innovation, and to tilt research collaboration away from the EU

New report finds the EU’s venture capital scene remains overwhelmingly male-dominated, despite attempts to address gender imbalance

Graduates of universities that do well in research-focused league tables will now be able to come to the UK without a job offer. But even ranking organisations are sceptical of the policy, which heavily favours US institutions

The protocols for email and the internet are often maintained by overstretched volunteers, causing security holes when they fail. Berlin wants more support for this behind-the-scenes technology.

€72B of spending designated as climate related did not qualify to be labelled green, according to the European Court of Auditors