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Microsoft has agreed to allow access to its technology following the court ruling last month, a move the European Commission says will lead to more innovation in the software market.

Holders of existing grants in the Republic can now apply for supplementary awards to fund collaborative projects with researchers in Northern Ireland, making it easier to set up collaborations with colleagues across the border.

The first call for research proposals in aeronautics and air transport under Framework Programme 7 has identified 36 highly projects that promise to bring greener, safer and more secure air transport.

Follow the fashion: the biotech financing model has changed. But will today’s start-ups be tomorrow’s fashion victims?

New research blames a lack of role models and workforce practices for the low representatio of women among academic staff – particularly senior staff.

On its second anniversary, the Science|Business news network is launching the Policy Bridge, an independent channel for news and events dedicated to EU innovation and R&D policy.

The European Commission has taken the first step in reforming research advice by appointing three people to identify experts from around Europe to form the advisory European Research Area Board.

Fifteen member states had no system for allowing third party nationals into the EU to carry out scientific research when the deadline for applying the directive passed last week.

Mark Keane has been appointed Vice President for Innovation at University College Dublin, with a brief to be the focal point for knowledge transfer, entrepreneurship and external partnerships.

The European Commission has authorised €31 million aid from the French Industrial Innovation Agency for OSIRIS, an agricultural biotechnology research programme.