Taking money from Horizon 2020 has contributed to falling success rates in grant applications. The €2.2B funnelled to the Strategic Investment Fund should be restored to the programme in the budget review, say MEPs on the research committee
Six ESADE researchers have been recognised by Emerald Publishing, the owner of more than 300 scientific journals, for the quality and impact of their publications.
The EU still has not learned basic lessons about innovation from its US competition. Professors Gunnar Landgren and Ramon Wyss, both instrumental in the formation of EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities, explain how to remedy the European innovation paradox
Harvard economist Michael Porter argues that, to improve performance, healthcare systems need to measure not what goes in, but what comes out. A movement to focus more on such ‘patient outcomes’ is gathering speed in Europe
The world needs a global plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance. Alongside a $2B fund to jump-start innovation there should be a $1B reward for companies when a new antibiotic is launched, says Jim O’Neill, chair of the review
The new body will absorb seven research councils, covering all scientific disciplines, and the innovation agency Innovate UK, with the aim of creating integrated funding system
A new analysis says EU’s €3.3B pre-competitive drug research programme is delivering highly-rated science, levering in private money and creating new partnerships. But the full socio-economic benefits are yet to come
Tore Curstedt at Karolinska Institutet’s Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery has been nominated by the European Patent Office for a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 European Inventor Award ceremony for his work with 'Curosurf'
As US universities expand into Asia and the Middle East, a survey of 47 heads of higher education reveals frustration at the pace of change in Europe. So are European institutions innovating enough to remain competitive?
Robert Madelin, adviser on innovation at the European Political Strategy Centre says the new advice body has introduced talent and ideas - and has the ear of President Juncker.
A cross-industry group, of which the Nickel Institute is part, has launched website in support of better regulation initiative for chemicals management
The third Flagship, launching in 2018, aims to translate 20 years of EU funding for basic research in quantum theory through to applications in networks, sensors and computers. As ever, Europe is behind in commercialisation
A new wave of entrepreneurs aims to bring healthcare into the digital age. Innovations on show at last week’s iMinds conference will assist health and social care professionals, cut costs, make hospitals more efficient and empower patients
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s climate change innovation accelerator is going down under. Inquiries into the model are also being made by New Zealand and Singapore
Joint statement by over 50 institutions says new council should not advise EU Commission on innovation policy or be a one stop shop for competitions run through Brussels
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