German entrepreneur Lars Hinrichs has a new, off-the-peg approach to incubating start-ups. Could this plug the yawning gap in Europe’s venture capital system?
Supporters of R&D funding in Parliament are pushing to defend the EU’s flagship Framework Programme 7 from possible budget cuts, according to a leading MEP.
The UK Innovation Forum (UKIF) has been set up to foster relations between academics and businesses and promote the commercialisation of university research.
In a bid to reduce bureaucracy, the Commission is to make an exception on how research funding is audited, putting in place a “tolerable risk of error” measure.
The euphoria of winning the bid has worn off. Now the hard work begins for three pioneering consortia chosen by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.
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