The EU ban on some Hungarian institutes receiving new Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe funding is now having a knock-on effect on counterparts that are not on the banned list. They are calling for the Commission to make it clear they are exempt
This week we are taking a close look at the ongoing stand-off between Hungary and the European Commission over Horizon Europe funding, and how angel investors in central and eastern Europe are keeping an upbeat perspective on deep-tech in the region.
We also have a guest opinion piece on what eastern Europe can learn from Portugal’s sustained effort in R&D policy and funding, and a report from a Science|Business conference in Prague last week.
A sustained effort to diversify funding sources has enbled steady progress. Now, almost 40 years after joining the EU, that Portugal is in sight of meeting the target of spending 3% of GDP on research by 2030
A dedicated unit, a debate in the European Research Area Forum and pilot projects are in the works, as the Commission looks to set European guidelines for science’s AI revolution. Now member states need to ‘wake up’ to ensure rules don’t diverge
Roadshows, seed funds, and high-level visits are planned to get EU and UK partners collaborating once again. But UK universities also want an explicit guarantee the country will join the successor programme, FP10
A debate on how the EU’s Widening measures, which aim to close the east/west innovation divide, should be reformulated in the next framework research programme is heating up, with the Commission already hinting at possible changes
In its new ‘Green Village’ initiative, the top physics lab hopes to help researchers and entrepreneurs speed testing and development of green technologies. ‘Our doors are open'
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