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Beyond the focus on immigration, Le Pen’s bid for the French presidency has broadened to matters scientific and environmental. Science|Business takes a look at the policies she proposes and asks if that will endear her to scientists

An abruptly-announced plan to re-organise research councils raises spectre of political control over science, and sees researchers join wide backlash against new government

Changes to Horizon 2020 salary rules are compounding difficulties Romania faces in attracting and retaining researchers. The EU could help by speeding up amendments on how salaries are calculated, says Daniel David, Vice-Rector for R&D, Babeș-Bolyai University

As the EU new defence programme starts to take shape, the question of how it relates to civil R&D is up in the air. But European subsidiaries of US or Chinese companies are likely to be allowed take part

EU Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas praises scientists for finding their voice. At a time when facts are ignored and experts denigrated, it is great that researchers will show up and tell people how important science is, he tells Science|Business

Boosting defence R&D and attracting more top companies to participate are among possible future growth opportunities identified in a pathfinder prepared for the high level group that is scoping the EU’s 2021 –2028 research programme

Animal health company focused on combatting viral infections in livestock

Tekes funding has a major impact on the growth and success of businesses. More than 80% of Tekes customers that have been successful in their innovation activities say that Tekes funding was a key part of their success. Jobs increased by 16 per cent in SMEs funded by Tekes during the period 2012–2015.

CLORA has called for a strengthened and impactful FP9 and European Research Area (ERA). They argue for fostering excellence and greater collaboration. They also call for FP9 to be more accessible to citizens — through outreach — and to researchers through simplification and improved success rates

European Commission awards €1M to new 10 minute test which identifies if a patient can be treated without antibiotics

Health systems can gather all kinds of patient data, but are they analysing and acting on it? A Science|Business conference gathered views from experts

Since 2007, ETH Zurich has spun out at least 20 companies every year. Detlef Günther, the university’s vice president for research and corporate relations tells Science|Business how they make it happen

Supported and co-funded by the European Commission (Marie Sklodowska-Curie) and other 40 partners, the University of Deusto opens the second and last call to recruit 8 researchers for three years.

“Whenever you hear environmental expert, think urban eco imperialist,” said Myron Ebell, speaking in Brussels. But his Trumpian message met stiff protests.

Maarten Marx, information scientist at the University of Amsterdam, has built a search engine for online news forum De Correspondent that makes it possible to search through motions made by parties in the Dutch parliament (Tweede Kamer). This allows voters to check which election promises were actually upheld by political parties.

Mikael Odenberg, the chair of the Karolinska Institutet board, writes in his blog today, 1 February, that the Election Committee will be consulting with the Consultative College on the proposal to put forward Ole Petter Ottersen’s name to the government for the position of vice-chancellor at Karolinska Institutet.

The Guild details nine key propositions for FP9 and argues for collaborative, fundamental research as the key priority, putting universities at the centre of a more open and inclusive R&I framework