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Who decides what researchers should study with EU funding? An odd policy debate highlights a key issue in the EU’s €82 billion plan

Research and innovation are pre-requisites of economic growth and job creation. That’s why, in addition to increasing the budget of the next Framework programme, structural funds should be earmarked for R&D and Innovation, says Maria Da Graça Carvalho, MEP

A new treatment for prostate cancer launched in the UK this week. The drug was discovered by scientists in London, funded by the public. So why is it owned by a US pharma giant?

It’s hard to care about the European Research Area. But creating a single market for research is important and the Commission needs to show the world why

The organisation of Europe’s do-or-die fuel cell collaboration has come in for (the same old) criticisms. How many more wake-up calls are needed before European R&D partnerships are made to run smoothly?

The European Commission is planning new policies to ‘modernise’ universities. The Science|Business Innovation Board calls on the EU to push for universities that are more flexible, responsive and autonomous actors in the knowledge marketplace

A new partnership must be forged to ensure that resources are developed as quickly and as cost efficiently as possible

Europe’s huge €194 billion investment in wind power over the past decade is starting to deliver a serious chunk of electricity. Now the industry needs consistency, says Christian Kjaer of the European Wind Energy Association

The quality of the research it backs is not in doubt, but now the European Research Council must transform itself from “amateurish” to a polished and professional operation

Biofuels are an important element the EU’s future energy mix, but more research is needed to develop fuels that don’t compete with food, says Csaba Tabajdi MEP