The EU urgently needs technological autonomy from the US, MEPs say

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


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Left MEPs raise concerns over Horizon Europe funding to Israel

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


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EU urged not to forget about defence R&D

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


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Parliament set for showdown with Commission over standalone FP10

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


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New centre at Karolinska to make AI research more accessible

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


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HUN-REN announces strategic cooperation with ELTE

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


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EIB to allocate €30M for clean-energy projects in Romania

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


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MEPs push homegrown technology for green energy

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


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Serbia’s EU research grantees call on European Commission for help amid mass protests

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 4 days ago

Widening countries’ wish list for FP10: Part 2

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 4 days ago

INESC-ID: China and Portugal launch joint laboratory on AI and public health technologies

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 4 days ago

EU ministers call for independent FP10 in Warsaw Declaration

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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Preparing for the next pandemic with the CARE project

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Viewpoint: six ways to make FP10 simpler than Horizon Europe

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


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Explained: how state aid rules impact research and innovation

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


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Data corner: Europe narrowly leads US in chip design and fabrication papers

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


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State aid rules are slowing down knowledge valorisation, say universities

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 5 days ago

EU governments to negotiate two-year top-up for nuclear research programme

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 5 days ago

Audits put Horizon Europe’s new admin rules to the test

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


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Funding Radar: Indian research funding in cooperation with the EU

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 5 days ago

BSC launches DARE project on digital autonomy in supercomputing and AI

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


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EIT Manufacturing South and Fondazione Piemonte Innova form a strategic network partnership to drive innovation in European manufacturing

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


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EMBL announces leadership changes

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


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University of Bergen: Call for stronger EU focus on women’s health research

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


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Deepening collaboration between academia and industry

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 6 days ago

Deepening collaboration between academia and industry

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 6 days ago

Leaked Horizon plans set priorities for biodiversity, food and environment calls

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 6 days ago

Preparedness in action: Securing Europe’s future against health emergencies

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 6 days ago

NIH turmoil risks reciprocal EU-US access to health research funding

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 9 days ago

MEPs press budget committee to join the fight for FP10

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 9 days ago

Fight intensifies over an ‘independent’ FP10

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 10 days ago

Navigating complexity: Are research leaders prepared for an unpredictable future?

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


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Hopes rise for new laws to unlock European Research Area

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 10 days ago

US chocolate company Mars joins Imperial Business Partners programme

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


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Manuel Escalante appointed Chief Technology Officer of Indra Group

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 10 days ago

INESC TEC to support the future of advanced materials in Europe

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 10 days ago

KTH: Bringing computation to brain health research

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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EURIZON: How can Europe strengthen science infrastructures and support scientists in Ukraine?

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Eureka call for applications: Trainee in Communications

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 11 days ago

Eureka call for applications: Trainee in Programme Management (Global & Eurostars)

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 11 days ago

The view from Warsaw: Microsoft’s support for trans-Atlantic investment, trade, and economic growth

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 11 days ago

Horizon Europe to fund deployment-ready clean tech

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 12 days ago

Winning back brilliance: how one researcher traded a US career for the freedom of Europe

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 12 days ago

DAAD axes international research schemes in budget squeeze

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 12 days ago

North vs south: Horizon success rates defy familiar east-west divide

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 12 days ago

EIC board urges applicants to treat consultants with caution

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 12 days ago

Germany’s Volkswagen Foundation backs research into ‘unknown unknowns’

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 12 days ago

Funding Radar: UK research funding in cooperation with the EU

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


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