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High-level EU visit to Kyiv includes cooperation on R&I and progress towards Ukraine joining bloc

European Commission plan “very vague with regard to fresh funding”, says Socialists and Democrats leader

Petition argues PhD-based eligibility windows do “not make sense” and discriminate against unconventional career paths
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This week: AI coordinator appointed, TotalEnergies’ links to academia highlighted, Franco-German collaboration celebrated

Marc Lemaître to move over from leading urban and regional policy department

All trial sponsors must submit applications through the bloc’s common portal

Doctoral candidates have lower satisfaction rates than more experienced Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows, survey finds

Court of Auditors urges government to curtail French healthcare research agency’s overlapping mission with CNRS

Researchers with required skills are “rare or non-existent”, European Commission reports

Unions say reform bill places researchers at a particular disadvantage

Deals with Canada, Faroe Islands and New Zealand could all be blocked by European Parliament

EU selects 10 projects involving 90 universities to test proposed ways to foster collaboration

Funder allocates 62 awards to German hosts, 45 to the UK and 41 to France

University group says EU R&D programme would benefit from better integration of SSAH disciplines

Young academics use data set to check government promise to create more long-term jobs

This week: pension gaps, a quantum computing network and concerns over “helpless” teacher shortage response

Science council urges structural rethink to future-proof German research financing

Some activities planned to run under Horizon Europe and European Defence Fund

Two powers sign agreement for researchers to collaborate in using AI to address global challenges

Finding comes as French quantum company Pasqal bags €100 million from investors, including EU

This week: academic freedom in Sweden, Finnish pay rises and honours for top scientists

Half of those affected said a person in power told them to share publication credits

Number increases to almost half among international students, statistics report finds

Özlem Türeci says change needed in R&D funding, biotech ecosystems and regulations for European leadership

Pilot later this year will involve “an exchange of cyber experts”

Universities affected by sanctions can continue to apply for new funds while awaiting legislative changes

Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment also expected to agree support for working groups

Different models under review for oversubscribed courses, with opinion split over fairness of exclusion thresholds

Tax rules and lack of grants place burden on at-risk scholars, report says

This week: Earth observation, health innovation and degree creation

Project to focus on citizen engagement in push for more experimentation in EU R&D policy

Scheme will “foster strategic cooperation with think tanks and universities on China-related issues”

Funders committed to Plan S should no longer fund transformative agreements and journals after 2024