Europe News

Leptin wants billions more for European Research Council amid “huge” demand and declining national investment

Maria Leptin also says funder’s letter to UK winners of ERC grants “was misunderstood”

Move follows warning from former president that funding mode could erode focus on scientific quality

EU reducing number of Horizon Europe research and innovation partnerships while boosting their overall budget
Latest

Source close to 2020 association deal pessimistic about UK’s prospects of joining EU’s research programme

Research and technology organisations reported to be sometimes “invisible” to governments, limiting their impact

Pilot will connect disparate innovation funding sources across 63 regions and four states

RePowerEU energy-autonomy initiative is centre stage amid climate change and war in Ukraine

New European Defence Agency unit comes amid broader push on defence coordination

MEP Rosa D’Amato says European Commission should investigate EU research funding to Israel

Publishing in Open Research Europe does not give career pay-offs, says scientific advisory board member

Many pandemic trials were poor quality or duplicates of existing trials, groups say

Meanwhile, Universities UK calls on Home Office to tackle research “immigration bureaucracy and visa costs”

Budgets increased across all four major Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions schemes for 2022

ERC president warns against “scientific populism” and announces new taskforce for research assessment reform

Country joins South Korea in expressing intent to join Horizon Europe at EU-Japan summit

Some winners of 2021 European Innovation Council funding are still awaiting their money

Extra funds largely go towards the EU’s R&D missions alongside €25 million Ukrainian support scheme

Cesaer and Earto provide plethora of recommendations in response to EU innovation initiatives

Survey of piloted funding system found positive reactions but need for tweaks to avoid drawbacks

Earma 2022: Ehler says EU overpromises and underdelivers on research as it chases fashionable topics

Move intended to reinforce work on activities including business support and training

Earma 2022: Researchers “simply do not understand” what European Research Council is for, consultant says

Earma 2022: European research expert Sean McCarthy says Covid-19 “changed the thinking” in Brussels

Block on Swiss participation in European programmes also sees country building research collaborations outside EU

University group calls for more patient decision-making power over use of health data for research

Business groups urge closer regulatory alignment for emerging technologies and coordination against “discriminatory” Chinese policies

But lead MEP decries loss of call to update EU data legislation

Launch of European Health Data Space intended “to achieve a quantum leap forward” in healthcare

Proportion of women applying for senior grants rises two percentage points between 2021 and 2022

Russia and Ukraine are both active in energy research and innovation, study warns

Mission has €360 million in 2022-23 R&D funding to boost sustainability efforts in European cities

Commission warned tackling regional innovation divides and supporting world-class ecosystems should be separate tasks

Canada and New Zealand to enter formal association talks, amid questions over scope and speed

Study of almost 3,700 applications to competitive grant scheme finds weaknesses, not strengths, determined success

Collaborative projects will focus on food, agriculture, biotechnology, climate change and biodiversity

Groups say EU funding for research, innovation and education should be more open to world