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A total of 287 researchers are in line to receive €400 million in the final round of starting grants awarded under Framework Programme 7

Crop-based biofuels, once the poster child of EU environmental policy, are no longer to be the main vehicle for reaching clean transport targets. While environmentalists welcome investment in advanced biofuels and renewable energy, industry craves greater regulatory certainty

From acceleration programmes to hands-on support; encouraging every student to pinpointing true entrepreneurs; and from tech transfer strategies to using dating agency algorithms in the search for the perfect industrial partner – how universities can have spin-out success

Patented signal processing techniques developed at EPFL help slash energy consumption in electronic devices and increase data transmission speed

After 8 years the standard agreement will be revised, following evidence that it is little used and is seen as straightjacketing relationships between industry and academics, rather than enabling and supporting them

Two technical agencies, US NIST and EU JRC, agree to expand cooperation in 10 sectors, as negotiations on a new trade deal enter second week

The past few weeks saw politicians make headway: now Horizon 2020 looks set to start on time in January 2014. So what is this new R&D programme about? Here Science|Business poses Frequently Asked Questions - to be updated as final details unfold

MEPs say putting a price on pollution will encourage innovation in clean technologies and buy time for much-needed reform

New programme will bid to develop long-term clean energy supplies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Europe’s energy and transport sectors

Electronics is the biggest winner in European Commission’s R&D plans for 2014 – 2020, landing a €4.8 billion package of investment in research and innovation to boost components, system design and manufacturing capabilities

The Commission is following up €1.6B spending on cutting noise and emissions from aircraft in Framework Programme 7 with a €4.05B package of research in Horizon 2020

Forty eight companies sign up for joint technology initiative to research and bring products made from renewable natural resources to market. This will provide new markets for farmers and reduce dependency on fossil fuels

The Science|Business Academic Enterprise Awards for spin-outs highlight Europe’s innovation potential and underline the need for closer collaboration between industry and academe, says Jerzy Buzek MEP, former president of the European Parliament

Personalised medicine, unmet medical need and faster translation of basic research will be the focus of the second stage of the Innovative Medicines Initiative

In advance of final agreement on the €70B Horizon 2020 R&D programme, the Commission announced 5 public/private partnerships will get €6.5B, pulling in a further €9.9B from industry. Total investment in these and 5 other projects unveiled yesterday will be €22B

Despite the continuing economic crisis, R&D spending is ahead of 2008 levels and home grown innovation is prospering ahead of me-too models, according to the index

€16 billion programme will allow more people to study and train abroad, but Masters’ loan facility draws mixed response

Defeated in the budget and costing stakes, MEPs Christian Ehler and Maria da Graça Carvalho remain hopeful that a bottom-up approach and support for SMEs can open up Europe’s latest R&D programme to new participants