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The EIT has published the call for proposals for its first two or three Knowledge and Innovation Communities, which are to be selected by the end of January 2010.

Money may be tight, but there a newcomer looking to put seed investment into innovative companies – and which aims to make funding decisions within 10 weeks.

ERC head Fotis Kafatos urges basic research for economic growth – and charts a course for expansion.

Under a new deal, Framework Programme 7 funding will be diverted to help revive Europe’s devastated automobile, manufacturing and construction sectors.

There can’t be a city in Europe that is not trumpeting its entrepreneurial culture. A survey of entrepreneurs in 37 cities shows what they think of these efforts.

As governments plough in $3 trillion to stimulate growth, 52 major companies and leading climate change experts argue for policies to promote low carbon technology.

In a new five-year plan to create jobs and rebuild the country’s industrial base, the Irish government has given science a leading role in revitalising the Irish economy.

The Technische Universität Dortmund is to lead the launch of Europe’s largest PhD programme in the developing field of industrial biotechnology.

Bring on the science superstars: In an age when schoolchildren are obsessed with celebrity, they need to see science creates heroes too, writes Dave Madden.