As the process of reforming research assessment gains momentum, representatives of Widening countries share concerns that their perspectives will not be properly accommodated
This week we’re taking a close look at how Lithuania figured out how to route regional development funds to Horizon Europe, a new report on research infrastructures in the widening countries, and how the EU research assessment reform is viewed in eastern Europe.
Some research lobbies are concerned the decision to publish less information on Commission staff will make their work more complicated, saying ‘it is very much to the detriment of the research & innovation community.’ Others don’t care so much
Delays in getting the CE mark for medical devices are stretching the resources of European start-ups and forcing some to turn their attention to the US
Half of postdocs say they don’t have access to social security, a situation made even worse because many don’t have permanent contracts either. Now campaigners are putting pressure on the EU to lean on member states to improve working conditions for Europe’s young scientists
The government withheld funding for a research institute after objecting to the views of one of its scholars. Researchers say this is an attempt ‘to intimidate scholars whose research might result in refutations of opinions held by some politicians’
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