Photo credits: Anirudh / Unsplash MEPs are urging the EU to finally build technological independence from the US after transatlantic relations nosedived over the past six weeks. For decades, the bloc has nibbled around the edges of US technology power, launching investigations an … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Levi Meir Clancy / Unsplash MEPs in the European Parliament’s Left political group have criticised the flow of Horizon Europe research funding to Israel, and the overall shift in emphasis towards the programme supporting economic competitiveness. Israel has long be … | Continue reading
Photo credits: European Union Experts are urging policymakers not to forget about research and development when they set about boosting Europe’s defence capabilities. As yet, the flurry of political activity following the US decision to suspend military aid to Ukraine has found l … | Continue reading
Photo credits: European Union The European Parliament has adopted a report calling for a standalone research Framework Programme in the next long-term EU budget. This lays the ground for a conflict with the European Commission, which is expected to place the programme within a br … | Continue reading
The aim of the newly established Centre for AI Innovation at Karolinska Institutet is to support and expedite the development of AI innovations in healthcare. “While AI has huge potential, there are many factors to take into account before AI solutions can become practicable,” sa … | Continue reading
The agreement establishes a mutually beneficial partnership, fostering a positive vision and dynamic development opportunities for both parties. Lénárd Darázs, the rector-elect chosen by the ELTE Senate, initiated a meeting with Balázs Gulyás, President of the HUN-REN Hungarian R … | Continue reading
EIB commits €30 million to onshore wind farm in eastern Romania near Black Sea Support co-finances “Pestera II” project alongside funds managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Site near city of Constanta to have total installed capacity of up to 400 megawatts … Read more he … | Continue reading
MEP Thomas Pellerin-Carlin speaking at the Cleantech Friendship Group's launch. Photo credits: Dorian Lohse MEPs in the European Parliament’s informal Cleantech Friendship Group (CFG) want to see energy and technology sovereignty play a stronger role in the EU’s competitiveness s … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Bojan Džodan Dozens of researchers who hold EU research grants in Serbia have written a joint a letter to the European Commission calling on it to help tackle corruption in the country. “As members of the research… Read more here | Continue reading
Photo credits: Photo by Alexandre Lallemand / Unsplash FP10 does not start until 2028, but informal talks are going on now, with the European Commission expected to publish a proposal later this year on the size and content of the next Framework Programme for research and innovat … | Continue reading
It was 10:10 AM in Lisbon and 18:10 in Guangzhou, of March 5, when the official ceremony for the establishment of the China-Portugal Joint Laboratory on AI and Public Health Technologies started. Held at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DEI) of Instituto Superi … | Continue reading
European Union EU research ministers have sent a strong signal that they want the next Framework Programme, FP10, to be a standalone research and innovation programme and not part of a broader European Competitiveness Fund. Meeting in Warsaw on March 11, they instructed the Europ … | Continue reading
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Photo credits: Monica Schofield More than at any time in recent years, Europeans need to be able to work together in ways that are meaningful and restore their faith in European institutions as enablers rather than a hindering bureaucracy. To this end, simplification isn’t just a … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Mauro Bottaro / European Union EU state aid rules apply whenever an innovation conceived in a European university or publicly funded research institution is taken up by industry. The aim of these rules, which are complex and difficult to navigate, is to ensure that … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Vishnu Mohanan / Unsplash Europe has a slim lead over the United States in semiconductor design and fabrication research, a new analysis has found, although both are far behind a rising China. The analysis suggests that while the US has https://sciencebusiness.net/ … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Redd Francisco / Unsplash Universities are calling for EU state aid rules to be clarified and for exemptions to be introduced to make it simpler for them to collaborate with industry. The state aid rules were introduced to prevent EU governments from distorting… Su … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Dean Calma / International Atomic Energy Agency EU governments will start negotiations this week to extend the Euratom nuclear research programme Euratom for another two years. This will align it with the EU budget, which runs to 2027, and the Horizon Europe progra … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Mauro Bottaro / European Union The first batch of Horizon Europe projects are about to finish, and the first wave of project audits to begin. This will tell us how well researchers have adapted to changes in the way grants are administered, including the introducti … | Continue reading
Photo credits: zverge / BigStock During a February bilateral meeting in New Delhi, the European Commission invited India to join the EU’s research framework programme, Horizon Europe, as an… Subscribe to read more | Continue reading
The Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe, Special Agreement 1 (DARE SGA1) project has officially launched, marking a significant milestone in Europe’s journey toward technological autonomy in high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI). Coordinated by Read … | Continue reading
EIT Manufacturing South and Fondazione Piemonte Innova have signed a significant partnership agreement to strengthen collaboration and innovation in the European manufacturing sector. This partnership will leverage both organisations’ knowledge, networks, and resources to promote … | Continue reading
EMBL Director General Edith Heard will take up a new role as Director and Chief Executive of the Francis Crick Institute in London in the… Read more here | Continue reading
A Research Gap with Economic and Social Consequences Women’s health remains a blind spot in European research funding, despite its critical role in public health, economic productivity, and gender equality. Despite making up more than half of the population, women remain… Read mo … | Continue reading
Close and sustained collaboration between higher education institutions and industry is a fundamental pillar of Europe’s competitiveness. That was one of the key messages from a panel discussion on skills for competitiveness, … Read more here | Continue reading
Close and sustained collaboration between higher education institutions and industry is a fundamental pillar of Europe’s competitiveness. That was one of the key messages from a panel discussion on skills for competitiveness, … Read more here | Continue reading
Photo credits: Guillaume de Germain / Unsplash Research priorities for food, agriculture and environment research under Horizon Europe in 2026-27 are set out in an initial draft of the Cluster 6 work programme, due to be discussed at a programme committee meeting on March 12. The … | Continue reading
Given the many challenges Europe is currently facing, defense and security have naturally risen to the top of the EU political agenda. In a tense geopolitical context, with a war on its doorstep and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU and its member states must … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Ibrahim Boran / Unsplash A clampdown on diversity-related projects at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is causing uncertainty and fear among European grant recipients, raising questions over whether the EU should continue a reciprocal arrangement that all … | Continue reading
MEP Victor Negrescu, former rapporteur for the 2025 budget. Photo credits: European Union The fight to have a standalone Framework Programme for research and innovation after 2027 has been taken up by members of the European Parliament’s budgets committee. They have tabled Read m … | Continue reading
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Photo credits: Laurie Dieffembacq / European Union The European research community is growing increasingly worried about plans to incorporate the successor to Horizon Europe, FP10, into a new Competitiveness Fund to be launched … | Continue reading
Research and innovation (R&I) policymakers and stakeholders need to maintain a viable balance between research security, integrity and openness in turbulent geopolitical times. In recent months, this issue has been addressed by the European Council, G7 science ministers… Read mor … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Alexey Larionov / Unsplash Efforts to keep implementation of the European Research Area (ERA) going continued this week with the publication of a second ERA policy agenda, covering the years 2025 to 2027. The agenda is a prelude to the ERA Act, due to be introduced … | Continue reading
Mars is a private and family-owned business, with more than 150,000 Associates across its Snacking, Petcare and Food & Nutrition segments. The company produces some of the world’s best loved brands and has a 110-year heritage in science, technology and innovation. This makes Impe … | Continue reading
Manuel Escalante has been appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and member of the Indra Group Management Committee, replacing Miguel Ángel Morell. Manuel Escalante holds a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and has more… Read mor … | Continue reading
A new initiative brings together members from industry, research, universities and associations. The endeavour is called IAM-I, and José Carlos Caldeira will represent INESC TEC in the consortium. INESC TEC is part of a European ecosystem that seeks to accelerate the innovation… … | Continue reading
A new brain health initiative at KTH will bring together expertise from across disciplines to pave way for better diagnosis, and treatment of brain disorders. Meet the initiator, researcher Arvind Kumar, an electrical engineer whose curiosity about circuits led him to one of the … | Continue reading
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Have you recently graduated? In 2022, we launched the Eureka traineeship programme, offering graduates the opportunity to continue their learning journey, while working as part of a talented, 40-strong international team right next to the Parc du Cinquantenaire. You’d be… Read mo … | Continue reading
Have you recently graduated? In 2022, we launched the Eureka traineeship programme, offering graduates the opportunity to continue their learning journey, while working as part of a talented, 40-strong international team right next to the Parc du Cinquantenaire. You’d be… Read mo … | Continue reading
This morning, I stood in Warsaw with Poland’s Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, and announced Microsoft’s latest cloud and AI infrastructure investment in Europe. Building on our initial billion-dollar investment to launch a Polish cloud region in 2023, I announced that Microsoft will … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Nicolas Landemard / European Union Horizon Europe will devote €600 million to “deployment-ready” clean technology projects, according to the EU’s new Clean Industrial Deal, published last week… Subscribe to read more | Continue reading
Photo credits: Lisa Juliane Kahl Lisa Juliane Kahl is a postdoctoral researcher in biochemistry at the Charité in Berlin, one of the largest university hospitals in Europe. But her work on antibiotics is built on a doctoral thesis completed at Columbia University in New York in 2 … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Maheshkumar Painam / Unsplash The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is axing 13 programmes, including seven international research schemes, to compensate for rising operational costs. "We are confronted with sharply rising costs in Germany and worldwide, … | Continue reading
Photo Credits: S|B / Data Wrapper Horizon Europe has a massive oversubscription problem. Around 70% of projects submitted are marked as excellent and thus worthy of funding. But only 16.5% secure grants. For others, there is simply not enough money. In this tough competition for … | Continue reading
Photo credits: Lukasz Kobus / European Union The European Innovation Council (EIC) board has published a review of the use of consultants in applications to its instruments, warning against consultants who demand co-ownership of intellectual property or claim to have insiders’ kn … | Continue reading
Germany’s biggest private, not-for-profit research funder is now in the third year of funding “science fiction” research proposals that other funders won’t touch. The Pioneering Research – Exploring the Unknown Unknown programme offers up to €1.3 million over three to five years … | Continue reading
Photo credits: zverge / BigStock The UK’s association to Horizon Europe was agreed, at least in theory, at the end of 2020, when London and Brussels signed the Trade and Cooperation Agreement that set the terms of post-Brexit relations. However, subsequent political disputes mean … | Continue reading