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Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, new President of the ERC , tells Science|Business he is charting a ‘political’ course – to help boost science in Europe’s weaker regions, and to promote young scientists

Reform of public sector research has stalled, but financial woes have prompted the refocussing of private sector R&D - offering hope for a revival of investment and a spur to innovation

The ‘democratic deficit’ in Brussels was all-too present in the shaping of Horizon 2020. Here’s what can be done to remedy the problem.

Recognising that innovation requires market acceptance, Horizon 2020 will invest €462 million over the next seven years on a new programme, ‘Science with and for society’. Science|Business looks at the plan for the first two years

As negotiations come to an end and attention shifts to the finer details, Science|Business examines the Horizon 2020 work programme in Smart, green and integrated transport

Building a green economy featuring the sustainable use of natural resources and resilience to the effects of climate change is the ambitious objective of the Horizon 2020 work programme, ‘Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials’

The work programme ‘Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy’ will award €248.5M over the next two years to help Europe make the best of its biological resources

The work programme on Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies, Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, aims both to bring new materials into use and to improve manufacturing processes and systems overall

‘Secure societies - protecting the freedom and security of Europe and its citizens’, may seem an unlikely theme for scientific research. Science|Business looks at what is involved in the first calls of this Horizon 2020 programme

As the first calls are launched, Science|Business examines the Horizon 2020 work programmes. Here’s the agenda for European Research Infrastructures over the next two years

As the first calls are launched and the details revealed, Science|Business examines the Horizon 2020 work programmes. Here is the agenda for ‘Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies’

There’s bags of holiday reading if you want to apply for funding from Horizon 2020. To leave time for the festivities Science|Business has been filleting the work programmes. Below, Future and Emerging Technologies

As the first calls are launched, Science|Business examines the Horizon 2020 draft programmes. Here’s the agenda for Innovation in SMEs

As the first calls for Horizon 2020 are launched, Science|Business examines the draft programmes. This week: Access to risk finance

There’s a 30% increase for funding in young researchers under Horizon 2020: ScienceBusiness looks at how the Commission plans to spend it