European Parliament report recommends setting up a “Defence Innovation Accelerator” to fund breakthrough research and innovation projects

The European Tech Champions Initiative has supported the growth of nine unicorns. A second phase will look to involve more EU countries

UK Research and Innovation will run idea workshops and fund 12-month projects on usable novel scientometric indicators

In Berlin, technologists pitch programmes that could create whole new industries, even if some ideas sound “crazy”

The Diana accelerator has announced a record cohort for 2026. Participants are looking forward to connecting with investors and end users

EU Parliament and governments agree to open defence innovation funding to Ukraine and to adapt Horizon Europe eligibility rules for dual-use projects

As the EU gets serious about protecting its research, the latest OECD and EU stats track 250 policy initiatives

New defence fund from public investment bank Bpifrance aims to raise €450 million and could be made available throughout Europe in the future

Governments want to limit participation in dual-use and defence research projects to a select group of countries