Photo credits: LIBER Europe / Flickr Winners of the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) new instrument to support scale-ups are positive about the investment and application process, but want to see more ambition, with investment ceilings raised even further. Earlier this month,… … | Continue reading
Photo credits: zverge / BigStock Over the years, the EU has developed a comprehensive legislative framework to reduce the negative impacts of waste generation and to promote higher rates of recycling and reuse among its member states. Nevertheless, the challenges remain… Subscrib … | Continue reading
EU research commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva. Photo credits: Lukasz Kobus / European Union EU research commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva has scrapped a proposal to change Horizon Europe rules on gender equality plans (GEPs), following pressure from the research community and EU go … | Continue reading
Patrick Rose, Sprind’s innovation manager. Photo credits: Felix Adler Sprind, Germany’s innovation agency, is hoping to set up a sister organisation focused on military technology, after the country’s new government said it would be allowed to move explicitly into defence. Up unt … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Phongphan / BigStock On paper, the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator funds any kind of start-up or SME that is developing and scaling up breakthrough green and digital technologies. But some companies are much better at securing its funding than others. … | Continue reading
From left to right: Robbert Dijkgraaf, former Dutch minister of education, culture and science; Jean-François van Boxmeer, chair of the European Roundtable of Industry; Susanne Beckers, artificial intelligence strategy director at SAP; Luis Serrano Pubul, director of the Centre f … | Continue reading
Imperial – ranked second best university in the world and top in the UK in the latest QS World University rankings – will establish its Indian hub in Bengaluru to strengthen scientific, education and innovation partnerships between India and the UK. The new hub, Read more here | Continue reading
On Thursday, April 10, Vinnova's director general Darja Isaksson signed a new cooperation agreement with the Swiss innovation authority Innosuisse. The agreement runs for three years and is a deepening of a collaboration that has been ongoing since 2012 to promote innovation and … | Continue reading
The FinnCERES Flagship is advancing long-term, high-impact research that drives innovation and economic growth. The Flagship works closely with industry and policy makers to drive societal development towards a sustainable bioeconomy. The Read more here | Continue reading
We are pleased to announce a new collaboration between the GÉANT Network eAcademy and the SoBigData Academy, a recently launched learning initiative by the SoBigData Research Infrastructure, providing educational resources on… Read more here | Continue reading
EIB Board approves €3.6 billion in financing for clean transport, energy and innovation, as well as upgrading water and sanitation in Africa. EIB Board also backed broader support for Europe’s automotive sector, which has received more than €11bn EIB financing in the past five ye … | Continue reading
"Together, we will make Estonia stronger and safer," said the Rector. The meeting was attended by representatives from the Estonian Ministry of Defence, Ministry of the Interior, Estonian Military Academy, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, and Estonian Aviation Academy, alon … | Continue reading
CERN has signed a joint Statement of Intent with Canada concerning future planning for large research infrastructure facilities, and novel and advanced techniques and tools. The Statement was signed by CERN’s Director-General, Fabiola Gianotti, and Canada’s Deputy Minister of Inn … | Continue reading
What determines whether rejected asylum seekers leave the Netherlands - or stay? Researchers Arjen Leerkes and Laura Cleton (ESSB) are challenging assumptions about return migration policies and shedding light on how personal characteristics shape return outcomes. When asylum see … | Continue reading
Eureka is the world’s largest public network providing funding for international research, development, and innovation. Since 1985, governments and funding agencies have supported over 7,000 commercialised innovations, boosting economic growth and industry competitiveness… Read m … | Continue reading
Eureka is the world’s largest public network providing funding for international research, development, and innovation. Since 1985, governments and funding agencies have supported over 7,000 commercialized innovations, boosting economic growth and industry competitiveness… Read m … | Continue reading
Donald Trump’s second presidency is wreaking havoc on international relations – and the world of science and technology has not been spared. In the US, in the space of the last few weeks, research funding has been cut, public access to research data on ideologically sensitive… Re … | Continue reading
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, on the right, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. Photo credits: Christophe Licoppe / European Union Read more here | Continue reading
Chinese scientists have incorporated artificial intelligence into their work more rapidly than their EU or US counterparts, a European Commission analysis has found, bolstering the case for the bloc to speed up adoption. New AI aids, such… Read more here | Continue reading
Guy Parmelin, Swiss Federal Councillor and head of the Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research. Phot credits: Swiss government Switzerland’s Federal Council has signed off an agreement that will allow the country to join Horizon Europe, another step towards ending … | Continue reading
MEP Laurence Farreng presented an own-initiative report outlining the future of the European Universities Alliances. Photo credits: Frédéric Marvaux / European Union European Universities alliances set up under the Erasmus+ programme should receive more money from the EU, accordi … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Markus Winkler / Unsplash The European Commission wants to water down gender mainstreaming requirements in Horizon Europe despite facing resistance from member states and research stakeholders. The changes proposed by the Commission are set to come into effect in… … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Markus Winkler / Unsplash The European Commission wants to water down gender mainstreaming requirements in Horizon Europe despite facing resistance from member states and research stakeholders. The changes proposed by the Commission are set to come into effect in… … | Continue reading
The Data Rescue Project serves as a clearinghouse for data rescue-related efforts and data access points for public US federal data that are currently at risk. The project, a coalition of data organisations including Read more here | Continue reading
The Data Rescue Project serves as a clearinghouse for data rescue-related efforts and data access points for public US federal data that are currently at risk. The project, a coalition of data organisations including Read more here | Continue reading
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has endorsed the Government’s preferred candidate, Tom Adeyoola, as the new executive chair of Innovate UK. The cross-party committee has … Read more here | Continue reading
A groundbreaking national initiative, Precision Omics Initiative Sweden (PROMISE), aims to connect research with healthcare and establish Sweden as a world leader in data-driven precision medicine. The vision was recently published in the scientific journal Nature Medicine. PROMI … | Continue reading
The Norwegian government appointed the new committee for AI and higher education on March 21. Experienced researcher in learning and technology "I am very happy to contribute to this important work," says Read more here | Continue reading
As a long-standing technology partner to European governments, businesses, and citizens, Microsoft seeks to ensure that the continent benefits from digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI), while continuing to respect the rights of EU citizens online. AI is no longer … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Joshua Kettle / Unsplash Europe’s governments are divided on the role nuclear power should play in meeting the EU’s decarbonisation targets. Some argue that nuclear is environmentally inferior to renewable energy, and should take a back seat. Others think the two p … | Continue reading
The European automotive sector is facing a critical turning point. The sector – historically a key pillar of the European economy – is now in front of a defining challenge: how to decarbonise while remaining competitive and aligning with the growing need for open strategic… Read … | Continue reading
Ole Petter Ottersen, former president of Karolinska Institutet. Photo: Gustav Mårtensson / news.ki.se This year marks the 80th anniversary of one of the most influential science policy papers ever published: “Science: the Endless Frontier,” a report by… Read more here | Continue reading
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Photo credits: Babar760 / BigStock Innovators in central and eastern Europe are urging the Commission to use upcoming regulatory initiatives to unlock the potential of the region’s burgeoning biotechnology sector, which continues to face challenges including a lack of private inv … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Himera Tech / X Fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion for three years, Ukrainians have developed perhaps the fastest and most agile defence innovation ecosystem in the world. Europe can learn from their experience, but options for joint projects are limited at pres … | Continue reading
Photo credits: digitalista / BigStock Europeans have widely divergent views on whether the private sector should be free to exploit new science and technology, or if the government should take firm control, according to a major survey of public attitudes. In Portugal, nearly… Sub … | Continue reading
Photo credits: European Union If there has been one winner in the AI boom of the past three years, it is chip-maker NVIDIA. While other companies scrabble to find business models selling AI solutions to enterprises, the company selling the hardware needed to run them has Subscrib … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Institut Polytechnique de Paris There was a distinctly European feel to the inauguration of the PostGenAI@Paris cluster at Sorbonne University on April 1, in which artificial intelligence is seen as a challenge as much as an opportunity. The goal, university presid … | Continue reading
The US may be preparing to “drill, baby, drill” but Europe is still backing hydrogen production as a major future energy source. On March 28, the EU signed a series of agreements to Subscribe to read more | Continue reading
Andrius Kubilius, the EU commissioner for defence. Photo credits: Christian Creutz / European Union The European Defence Fund (EDF) is launching a new business accelerator this year, an eight-month programme of bootcamps and coaching for Europe’s defence start-ups. In its first y … | Continue reading
The building of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) federation is entering an important phase. On the 17th and 18th of March an excited group of research infrastructure experts from many European countries gathered at EOSC Federation kick-off workshop in the premises of the Eu … | Continue reading
The Commonwealth Startup Fellowship is a dynamic six‑month programme dedicated to igniting and elevating high‑potential startups from low‑ and middle‑income Commonwealth countries. The entrepreneurs… Read more here | Continue reading
Indra, a leading global defence and technology company, and Maqta Technologies Group, a leading trade technology company and part of AD Ports Group, have entered into a strategic partnership agreement that strives to explore opportunities to jointly offer their digitalisation ser … | Continue reading
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is launching an ambitious and innovative training programme to equip experienced project managers to become 'directors of the energy transition'. This initiative is being developed in collaboration with a consortium of leading companies and know … | Continue reading
Eureka’s Global Innovation Summit in 2025 wrapped up with more than 900 attendees from 50 countries. Organised by Eureka’s Canadian and German Co-Chair to take place within Hannover Messe on 1 and 2 April, Eureka’s flagship event had insightful… Read more here | Continue reading
Photo credits: Logan Gutierrez / Unsplash Further details have emerged about measures intended to boost the research and innovation performance of lagging member states in the final years of Horizon Europe. These tools will be deployed in parallel with a https://sciencebusiness.n … | Continue reading
From left to right, Ariane 5, Vega, Vega-C, Ariane 62, Ariane 64 and Space Rider. Photo credits: ©ESA Europe must significantly increase its space investment if it is to close the gap with the US and China, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). In a new https://esamultime … | Continue reading
Ekaterina Zaharieva, the commissioner for Start-ups, Research and Innovation. Photo credits: Mathieu Cugnot / European Union The EU can have the European Competitiveness Fund and a standalone Framework Programme for research and innovation. “We can have both,” Ekaterina Zaharieva … | Continue reading