Amendment seeking to bridge west – east divide through regional quotas for research funding is roundly rejected. Member states should increase national R&D spending instead
It now falls to Romania as next holder of the EU Presidency to try resolve sticking point bedevilling negotiations, and allay concerns the next EU research programme will be delayed
There are honest mistakes, but little evidence of fraud in the grant system, says the European Court of Auditors as it outlines areas for improvement in the next research programme, Horizon Europe.
The European Commission has hit a brick wall of member state objections to key proposals for the next EU research programme. With the clock ticking, Science|Business assesses the chances of reaching agreement before the May 2019 elections
Greater cooperation is needed to address global challenges, but EU bureaucracy and complex rules are undermining scientific partnerships. So will Horizon Europe be more – or less – open to the world?
Internet pioneer Robert E. Kahn, at a Science|Business conference, likes the connectivity of today’s Web, dislikes the hacking and porn. And he has a formula to make it work better in future
University heads disagree with Romanian MEP’s proposal that geographic evaluation criteria in the EU 2021 – 2027 research programme could fix EU’s research innovation divide. Excellence is what counts, they say
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