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ViewERC headhunters ‘knew the risk’ Ferrari would crash

Departed European Research Council president ‘failed to understand’ funder’s role, claims predecessor

ViewEU opens citizen science platform

Public can add and rate projects, and access resources

ViewERC head resigns in Covid-19 row

Ferrari quits over rejected coronavirus funding scheme dismissed by MEP as ‘window-dressing public relations’

ViewMEP flags need for cybersecurity research in response to Covid-19

Remote working exposes new vulnerabilities to hackers, warns research committee coordinator

ViewEuropean Covid-19 support extended to culture and SMEs

Funding intended to offer reprieve from pandemic

View€160m on offer for defence industry R&D

Biowarfare countermeasures highlighted among call topics, amid Covid-19 pandemic

ViewFunding offered for research on Covid-19 in Africa

€4.75m to answer ‘urgent research questions’ and support humanitarian efforts

ViewCommission backing hackathons to tackle Covid-19

Events will seek to solve challenges such as scaling up equipment production

ViewBillions in regional funds could be moved from R&D to Covid-19

Up to €60 billion targeted, of which 30 per cent might have gone to innovation

ViewOcean research agenda points to health benefits

Project finds potential for recreation, food and medicine

ViewLack of Covid-19 coordination worrying former ERC chief

Governments and funders accused of doing a ‘very poor job’ of talking to each other

ViewSpace-based ideas sought for tackling Covid-19

Call comes as Luxembourg sets up website for national research efforts

ViewEU R&D funding for European Universities Initiative hailed

Horizon 2020 funding for R&D elements of EUI described as ‘historic moment’

ViewEU bank plans funds to tackle pandemic

European Investment Bank is ‘in contact with all potential vaccine producers’

ViewCommand and control

The EU’s big push into military research presents questions for academics and institutions

ViewPublishing scheme ‘to serve all of Europe’

Bloc’s open-access platform will be for more than just recipients of EU funding

ViewIn it for the long haul

MEP Christian Ehler says Europe needs a targeted R&D prize to fight Covid-19

ViewCommission joins calls to open Covid-19 research

Publishers asked to make pandemic research openly available

ViewCommission’s AI ‘lighthouse’ plan buffeted by further criticism

Bright ideas for a digital revolution ‘fall short’, European university leader says

ViewGermany and UK win big from 2019 ERC Advanced Grants

Funder allocates €450 million to 185 winners

ViewPandemic-induced EU budget change ‘must prioritise research’

Concern that changes to EU’s 2021-27 budget could involve cuts

ViewGermany to push ahead with ratifying European patent court

Government will seek two-thirds majority needed before current parliament is dissolved

ViewPandemic expert calls for action now against future outbreaks

EU warned against complacency when Covid-19 is defeated

ViewEU wants quantum ideas, AI experts and a supercomputer

High-performance computer to support EU initiatives in medicine, materials and climate change

ViewYoung researchers and libraries to shape EU publishing platform

Provider F1000 Research to work with grassroots groups

ViewCivil society issues warning over affordability of Covid-19 drugs

Europe’s burgeoning R&D efforts must prioritise patients over profits, campaigners have said

ViewGlobal easing of regulations for coronavirus vaccines

Human trials of Covid-19 vaccines could start without normally essential animal-studies data

ViewEU research deputy promoted to head of agriculture department

Wolfgang Burtscher to leave research and innovation department after more than 10 years

ViewEU to open accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia

Move hailed for ‘loud and clear’ message that countries will join the bloc

ViewNext EU innovation network should focus on water, says MEP

Suggestion for European Institute of Innovation and Technology emerges from EU research committee