Upcoming Horizon Europe soils mission aims to ensure three quarters of European soils are healthy by 2030, slowing climate change and safeguarding food supply
Reinhard Bütikofer is wary of the growing power of China and the reach of companies seen as beholden to the Communist government. His views are typical of the more hawkish approach emerging in Brussels
Demand for grants means many high-quality fundamental research projects will miss out on funding, ERC president says, as the agency takes its fight for a bigger budget to the Euroscience meeting in Trieste
Travel restrictions and closed or socially-distanced campuses mean many of the class of 2021 won’t leave home, but the commission is injecting €200 million to enable distance learning and keep the Erasmus+ programme on the road
Scientists are fretting about a repeat of 2014, when a vote to curb immigration saw them kicked out of key parts of the EU’s research programme for almost three years
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