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ViewPharma industry draws up guidelines for sharing data

Code of conduct follows problems for health research sector in implementing European data regulation

ViewBillion-dollar green-tech fund opens call for proposals

Call hailed as “first milestone” of EU-Catalyst Partnership launched by European Commission and Bill Gates

ViewEU seeks to help small companies protect IP with €47m fund

Bloc will partially reimburse fees for patents on intellectual property to boost innovation in SMEs

ViewIndustry concerned about workload at EU medicines agency

Drug companies say agency may need extra resources and improved efficiency

ViewWales recruits adviser to promote R&D agenda in Europe

Derek Vaughan to ensure Wales’ voice “continues to be heard” on topics like Horizon Europe

ViewWomen win record 43% of latest ERC Starting Grants

First funding round under Horizon Europe leads to most gender-balanced results ever

ViewUK allocated 46 ERC Starting Grants amid funding uncertainty

Successful researchers do not yet know where their European Research Council money will come from

ViewERC planning closer ties to media and politicians

Schemes unveiled in European Research Council’s 2022 external communication strategy

ViewMore concerns raised over EU lump-sum funding plan

Another university group urges caution over the planned broader rollout of the alternative funding model

ViewJoy over successful launch of Hubble telescope replacement

James Webb Space Telescope should provide first images in about six months

ViewFrench presidency of EU to back a European Innovation Area

Policy package would sit alongside research and education areas in coordinating EU activities

ViewFive areas to watch for European research in 2022

Next year will bring big news on innovation, the EU’s universities strategy and more

ViewMost read 2021: Five stories that shaped European research

Funding, the ERC and Brexit all feature in our most-read European stories of the year

ViewEU fast-tracks innovation funding for firms it previously backed

Companies in European Institute of Innovation and Technology networks given shortcut to European Innovation Council...

ViewEU funding found to have led to over 2,700 Covid papers so far

Analysis finds that 80 per cent of publications were supported by three major funding schemes

ViewPrivate EU R&D spending drops for first time in a decade

2020 fall blamed on pandemic hitting EU’s strong automotive, aerospace and defence industries

ViewHorizon Europe ‘safety net’ guidance is now out

Researchers with successful bids told how to submit grant details to UK funder

ViewHorizon Europe gets €723m budget boost for 2021-22

Extra funds largely go towards EU’s R&D missions on climate, cancer, oceans, cities and soil

ViewMore universities warn EU against ‘haste’ on lump-sum R&D funding

Leru group says funding model has benefits for grantees but downsides for applicants and collaboration

ViewUniversities warn of ‘serious’ problems with EU’s AI regulation

Views of research actors on artificial intelligence must not be overlooked, says The Guild

ViewSurvey tells EU how to improve innovation ecosystem

Wishlist includes promoting entrepreneurship, maximising EU funding and cutting red tape

ViewMEPs seek more funding for cancer research

Spending should focus on causes, prevention and rare and childhood cancers, special committee says

ViewEU-Swiss feud ‘imperils R&D cooperation worth billions’

European University Association urges both sides to set aside political differences for research

ViewEurope ‘stagnating in defence innovation’, says agency chief

Hopes pinned on proposed innovation hub at European Defence Agency to remedy sluggish R&D efforts

ViewCommission moves to further open up its software to public

EU institution aims to lead by example and boost innovation by making code openly available

ViewEuropean health groups say Horizon urgently needs UK

It is “impossible” to tackle major global health challenges without international collaboration, groups say

ViewWhat’s going on in the EU: 25 November to 9 December

This week: R&D spending drops, defence spending rises, concern over Covid mutations and more

View2021 review: launchpad to a new world?

This year, despite the pandemic, ambitious projects blasted off in search of a brighter future

ViewSeven more countries associate to Horizon Europe

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Israel, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia join EU R&D programme

ViewEuropean defence research and tech spending up by nearly 50%

France and Germany account for lion’s share of increase, with overall spending target missed