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US officials meeting counterparts in Brussels on next EU research plan, urge more flexibility to make transatlantic research easier - and ask what ‘associate’ partnership would mean

International Science Council unites 180 natural and social sciences organisations ‘to make the voice of science heard by those taking decisions’. One route to increasing influence will be to piggy-back the lobbying might of private sector research

MEPs plan further debate in September on new law pitting Internet companies against artists

Innovative SMEs in Spain, Italy and France grabbed the lion’s share in this year’s round of financing

The guidelines should help physical hospital environments provide a better experience for people with dementia, as well as their families and caregivers

The OPERANDUM project at the University of Bologna Mater aims to bring Europe at a forefront of environmental risks mitigation with the help of Horizon 2020

The UK is to up its annual contribution to Eureka from £5M to £15M, with an eye on maintaining credibility and standing as Europe’s science champion after Brexit

Budget negotiations under way in Brussels will decide which industry-led research partnerships are worth keeping, amid pressure to wind some up

There should be wider consultation before the government enacts a law giving it control of what research its institutes are allowed to  carry out, the academies say

An article in conservative magazine Figyelo smears researchers studying immigration, gay rights and gender, in escalating conflict between government and Hungarian Academy of Sciences 

Two researchers critique the methodology the Commission uses to compile its annual innovation rankings – and urge a different approach