Innovation is Europe’s main competitive advantage, but industrial policy must not dictate research priorities, said Christian Ehler following his confirmation as lead rapporteur for the tenth EU ...

France and the Netherlands are mulling setting up their own versions of Germany’s Sprind innovation agency, which organises multi-stage competitive challenges to invent new technologies and promises ...

The UK is anticipating that it will claw back money from the EU due to underperformance in its first year of association to the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, a government document ...

Fusion for Energy (F4E), the organisation responsible for the EU’s €5.61 billion contribution to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project in 2021-27, has been heavily ...

Europe may struggle to match the AI dominance of the US and China across many sectors, but its strength in health and life sciences research suggests it could assume a leadership role in these ...

An indirect “creeping reduction of freedom” is taking place in academia, according to Maria Leptin, president of the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s main funder of fundamental research. This ...

The European Commission plans to kick China out of half of its €93.5 billion Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, including prohibiting joint work with European scientists on health ...

Horizon Europe has been bombarded with applications this year, with success rates for some calls falling as low as 2%. National research funders are experiencing similar pressures.

Dr Mlungisi Cele, Director-General of Science, Technology and Innovation, will officiate at the official opening of the Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF) and new offices of the Aerospace Systems ...

The European Commission will adopt a plan dedicated to supporting women in research and innovation next year, according to Ekaterina Zaharieva, the commissioner responsible for start-ups, research and ...

Initiatives to bolster research security in the EU, advanced by the European Commission on October 28, will soon filter down to researchers setting up projects. These include a due diligence platform ...