Lessons of the pandemic loom large in EU’s pharmaceutical strategy. ‘Never again do we want to see the problems we faced in the first weeks of the crisis,’ says EU vice president Margaritis Schinas

Joint EU/Africa research and innovation partnerships on infectious diseases should be a priority for Horizon Europe, says Maria da Graça Carvalho, MEP

New EU Soil Observatory will pool satellite data and field samples to create overview of soil health across Europe

As the traumatic divorce hurtles towards its conclusion, analysts assess the state of play for research

Freedom of information request shows Biomedical Catalyst is backing only 4% of applications assessed as worthy of funding

America’s neighbour doesn’t mind losing its ‘Trump dividend’

Shift to using regional funds for near-market research will undermine fundamental research in countries with small national R&D budgets. The European Commission is ‘misjudging the needs of less developed regions’

Europe hails first of its kind collaboration with the US for new tool to monitor climate change

New proposal outlines how Horizon Europe-funded research will move nascent technologies like floating solar farms to commercial reality, and improve the systems for transferring offshore electricity to onshore grids

European Space Resources Innovation Centre will carry out research to support the country’s ambitions to mine minerals and metals on the moon and on asteroids