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ViewMedical groups call for action on unreported clinical trials

Regulatory agencies asked to set out minimum standards for compliance with EU rules

ViewGabriel fleshes out her vision for a European Innovation Area

EU strategy needs “rethinking” in light of changes in innovation, says R&D commissioner

ViewStartup group presents European action plan to support companies

Group brought together by EU research and innovation commissioner hands over recommendations

ViewCommission seeking experts in space, defence and aeronautics

Organisations invited to provide expertise on topics including critical technologies and value chains

ViewEU set to invest more than €90m in Covid-19 therapeutics R&D

Strategy would support clinical trials and cover ‘long-Covid’

ViewUS announces support for waiving Covid vaccine patents

European Union “ready to discuss” waiver but pharmaceutical industry says decision is “wrong answer”

ViewPublic-private R&D ‘paramount’ to EU industrial strategy

Industrial alliances in key areas will help EU avoid foreign dependencies, Commission says

ViewAfrica-EU research and innovation cooperation group launched

Advisory panel will run for six months and produce four reports with bridge-building recommendations

ViewR&D features in Belgian, Polish and Slovenian recovery plans

Countries’ draft plans join others targeting part of their Covid-19 funding to research and innovation

ViewEU signs off €7.9bn defence fund

Seven-year programme includes €2.6 billion for research

ViewUK scientists urged to take full advantage of Horizon association

Message comes as MEPs sign off on post-Brexit EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement

ViewInstitute for using real-world evidence in healthcare launches

Spinout from Innovative Medicines Initiative will coordinate efforts in areas such as methodology testing

ViewFears for European Research Council as applications surge and success rates fall

Lowest-ever success rates for Advanced Grants “very problematic” for EU’s flagship funder, sector leaders warn

ViewMEPs sign off EU R&D and space programmes plus Brexit deal

Horizon Europe and European Institute of Innovation and Technology secure enormous majorities in vote

ViewEU health agencies to run joint studies of Covid-19 vaccines

Joint initiative billed as “platform for more permanent collaboration” for agencies

ViewHorizon Europe set for sign off, but ‘more ambition needed’

Commission and Parliament representatives agree programme will not meet Europe’s research and innovation goals

ViewCommission consults on code of practice for intellectual property

Code is intended to boost market uptake of research results

ViewBids for ERC Consolidator Grants up by 5.6%

Rise follows increase in applications for Starting Grants revealed earlier this month

ViewResearch universities band together against ‘EU first’ R&D

University networks call for no access limits on countries associated to Horizon Europe

ViewAcademic leaders fear for balance of curiosity-driven research

“Minimal” remaining opportunities for blue-skies funding must be defended, European University Association conference hears

ViewResearch exempt from proposed EU ban on ‘unacceptable’ AI

Ethical studies of artificial intelligence systems that “distort” human behaviour will be allowed

ViewMedical researchers ‘failing to report Covid-19 work swiftly’

Only a fifth of 285 trials posted results within three months of finishing, study finds

ViewSuccess rate falls to 8% in latest round of ERC Advanced Grants

European Research Council announces winners and says Covid-19 impacts will be considered in 2022 calls

ViewEU ‘way of life’ at stake in tech revolution, says innovation head

Earma 2021: Companies’ ability to compete described as “existential topic for Europe”

ViewDelay to Horizon Europe grant guidance ‘problematic’

Earma 2021: Lack of Annotated Model Grant Agreement leaves rules “unclear”, managers say

ViewGabriel praises innovation ideas from ‘unicorn’ leaders

R&D commissioner welcomes leaders’ “milestone” report, saying European support for innovation must change

ViewProposals for European Research Council Starting Grants up 24%

Funding call for 2021 received just over 4,000 applications for about 400 available grants

ViewLagging European R&D systems advised to share knowledge

Earma 2021: Researchers and support offices in underperforming countries must be more creative, event hears

ViewNo drop in quality found for remote EU grant evaluations

Earma 2021: Study author says result offers reassurance given push to online working during pandemic

ViewAdmin and funding reported as obstacles to EU-Africa links

European survey responses cite bureaucracy, budgets and broadband as barriers to innovation collaboration