Pressure grows for review of EU science cooperation with Israel Pressure grows for review of EU science cooperation with Israel A group of Belgian universities has joined calls for EU cooperation with ...

A group of experts tasked with advising the European Commission on the next Framework Programme for research and innovation is recommending a major overhaul of EU funding instruments. Their report, ...

The European Commission has proposed a series of new measures designed to bolster research security in the bloc, responding to fears that critical technologies and knowhow could be leaking to ...

The European Union needs a revamped single market that includes a “fifth freedom” dedicated to the free movement of research, innovation, knowledge and education, according to a high-profile policy ...

Following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine a fear of working with the West, sanctions, visa restrictions, travel issues and an exodus of academics have forced Russia to retreat from the global scientific ...

A long-awaited report by one of Europe’s heavyweight politicians, Mario Draghi, put some extra muscle behind a push to spend more on innovation in order to boost EU competitiveness. But it also ...

Scientific advisors to the European Commission have recommended that the EU set up a “CERN for AI” to help scientists develop artificial intelligence tools to accelerate their research. The Group of ...

A growing number of European universities are ending their ties with Israel over the war in Gaza, including in existing Horizon Europe projects, prompting Israel’s science minister to hold emergency ...

The STEP initiative to boost investment in strategic technologies has suffered a blow as member states refuse to hand over fresh funding, but the proposal lacked ambition from the beginning Strategic ...

A leaked EU competitiveness strategy is prompting fears that Brussels intends to undermine the independence of the European Research Council (ERC) by pushing for more alignment with the European ...

As Russian troops massed on the Ukrainian border in February 2022, waiting for a signal to invade from the Kremlin, scientific relations between Russia and Europe were looking healthy. The Ukraine ...

The European Commission is making moves to bundle all research and innovation funds, including the European Research Council (ERC) and the European Innovation Council (EIC), into a new mega ...