Patience. That’s the one-word recommendation I offer anyone outside the US now working on science and tech policy.The ...

Allowing associated countries such as the UK to participate fully in the next Horizon Europe programme, also known as ...

Joint Undertaking, one of the EU’s most significant industrial R&D partnerships. Talks will follow on its participation in Be ...

The European Parliament’s research committee has reached an agreement on the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF), a new ...

The research community has delivered a positive verdict on the compromise reached by political groups in the European Parliament over the next Horizon Europe programme, which it sees as an improvement ...

Who’s funding what? The EU will pool funding with other research funders to support transnational projects on the future of food systems, antimicrobial resistance, healthcare, personalised medicine ...

A group of outside experts set up to advise the European Commission on the reform of its civil service has called for much ...

The EU’s top adviser on the next Horizon Europe programme, Manuel Heitor, has heavily criticised budget cuts proposed by EU government leaders. In July 2025, the European Commission put forward a €175 ...

Pathfinder scheme is being crushed by its own popularity, with its open call for projects for the second year in a row funding only 2% of all applicants. Next year, its budget is set to dip to its ...

The European Innovation Council (EIC) is set to open calls worth €1.3 billion in grants and equity next year, according to ...

Rapporteurs in the European Parliament's research and industry committee have finalised the compromise text on the next Framework Programme for research and innovation, detailing the political ...

European research funders mustn’t lose sight of a vital technology: the internet itself. That’s the view of a broad coalition ...