Technology Strategy Board News

After weeks of uncertainty it’s official: researchers in Switzerland are no longer eligible for European Research Council, Marie Skłodowska-Curie or European Innovation Council funding

With concerns about China rising, Trudeau government joins other western countries in stepping up scrutiny of university alliances to preclude foreign espionage

The EU wants its first defence R&D project to strengthen its strategic autonomy and says military research will spur civilian innovation

Officials set out terms of ‘open strategic autonomy’ to replace the ‘open to the world’ mantra

Swiss are out, but 18 others on the provisional list can start applying for grants now

Officials discuss possible ‘workarounds’ to get more US researchers involved in EU R&D projects: ‘The tone seems a lot more positive’

After years of talks on deeper research cooperation between the EU and Canada, it’s a decisive time as the EU launches its €95.5 billion R&D programme . ‘We want them with us’, says Ursula von der Leyen

Details of the terms on which Israel, UK and Switzerland can join quantum and space projects are now public. But it’s not a done deal for the Commission which says negotiations are ‘ongoing’

Call for ideas on European innovation area makes tech sovereignty a key priority. Current dependence on high tech imports is both an economic loss and a potential security threat, the manifesto says

Team will advise researchers on forming international collaborations, as scrutiny grows of academic ties with China, in particular