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Although financial support from the European Union for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology is assured, a big question mark still hangs over funding from industry.

The likes of Microsoft, Oracle and IBM are all queuing to access Aulas’ French software company Cegid’s specialist niches in the small and medium-size companies market.

Industrialist Adolphe Merkle is donating his fortune to bolster nanotechnology in his alma mater. His move may be replicated by other rich Swiss entrepreneurs.

Science|Business launches a series of news and events to prompt debate on a vital policy question: How do you encourage enterprise in science?

A workshop will show how advances in measurement, characterisation and analytical technologies are driving commercialisation in the health and personal care sectors.

A new fund to attract international researchers and encourage greater collaboration between UK and overseas scientists was announced by science minister Ian Pearson.

Biotech organisations in one of Europe’s leading bioclusters are to discuss how to increase public–private collaborations in the field of biosystems.

One of the largest gifts to research ever in Norway is to establish a Centre for Innovation Research in Stavanger.

The European Association of Research and Technology Organisations and other technology bodies have established a blog to help users of Framework Programme 7.

Europe and the US have agreed a common application form for companies applying for orphan drug designation.