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Brussels reaches agreement on outline of €38B loan fund, InvestEU

Big push is needed in Horizon Europe to spread excellence and help research in EU13 member states catch up with the west

Partial agreement means Commission can start work on making sure Horizon Europe begins on time in 2021

Photonics PPP Annual Meeting Wednesday 27th – Thursday 28th March 2019

Varjo is one of 1,270 companies funded by the European Innovation Council since the pilot scheme launched in 2017

EU research commissioner’s new programme will include a dash of ingredients from successful funding schemes running in both countries

Pilot version of the European Innovation Council will receive a €300 million boost to its budget, to help it start investing in small businesses

Despite some progress, EU legislators were again unable to strike a hoped-for deal on the EU’s next big research programme. More talks are scheduled for 19 March.

The core elements of proposed €9.2B digital infrastructure programme are agreed, but the final budget will not be fixed until the next Parliament. A new space programme also moves forward.

With an eye on Brexit, there’s contingency money for the JET nuclear fusion facility, and tweaks to the visa system in bid to attract more researchers from outside the EU

The academy’s network of research institutes will be placed under a new governing body made up of scientists proposed by both the academy and the government