What’s going on in Europe: 5-18 July

This week: research integrity, space skills, advanced materials and more

R&I funding

More than 100 European associations representing organisations that carry out research and innovation have called on the EU to “significantly increase” the budget of its next R&I funding programme. At the same time, the EU member states themselves should, “at a minimum”, finally meet their long-missed target to spend 3 per cent of their GDP on R&I, the groups, including the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations, said. EU investment in R&I “significantly lags behind [that of] its global competitors”, said signatories including Business Europe and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations.