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ViewSpain’s research ministry takes aim at sexual harassment

Ministry says updated protocol reinforces prevention and punishment measures in public bodies

ViewSpain approves €134m R&D spend for autonomous regions

Funding is the first of several rounds to be co-funded by central and regional governments

ViewHuge demand for Swiss alternatives to ERC grants

Switzerland’s national funder warns of low success rates for 270 registrants to new grant programme

ViewSpain making moves to improve gender equality in R&D

Planned legal changes include measures to eliminate bias in grant evaluations and sexual harassment protocols

ViewCroatian scientists call for reforms around using EU funds for R&D

Prominent group of researchers “determined to see through” reforms after repeated failures

ViewResearchers complain about Serbia’s new Science Fund

Letter to fund director and science ministry details perceived failings and calls for improvements

ViewPortugal aims to raise €250m for university tech transfer

Launched with €100 million in national and European funding, programme aims to attract venture capital

ViewSwitzerland mulls linking research funding to gender equality

Parliamentary proposal has support of Swiss National Science Foundation

ViewBulgaria seeks €6.6bn in EU Covid-recovery funding

Country’s submission of plans includes research and climate spending, and leaves just Dutch plan outstanding

ViewSlovakia gets first tranche of EU Covid recovery funding

First payment of €822 million will support country’s plan to overhaul research and build supercomputer

View‘Political stalemate’ undermines research

President of Swiss universities group warns that continued frostiness in Swiss-EU relations is damaging research

ViewInterview: Tragedy and farce

Greece’s former top statistician says his scapegoating undermines scientific integrity and democracy

ViewFaroe Islands join Horizon Europe

Association deal between archipelago and European Commission further increases R&D programme’s reach

ViewLegal battle puts Poland’s EU funds and membership at risk

European Parliament groups say Covid money should be withheld amid warning of ‘Polexit’ danger

ViewSpain to launch mentoring scheme for young researchers

Initiative will particularly focus on female researchers’ needs

View‘Step forward’ in Swiss-EU relations, but no R&D talks yet

Swiss payment to EU insufficient to pave way for Horizon Europe association, says Commission

ViewAustria starts to allocate ‘record’ university funding

Performance-based funding for public universities to rise by about a tenth compared with current period

ViewSwitzerland launches national alternatives to EU research calls

National versions of ERC Advanced Grants and Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships to open in October

ViewSpanish government boosts funding for young researchers

Science minister Diana Morant promises more contracts and salary increases

ViewEU loans to bolster Polish science

€542 million will be split between National Science Centre and Polish Academy of Science

ViewAustrian funding for basic research boosted by 27%

Three-year allocation of €806 million ensures the “future viability of our country” says agency head

ViewCyprus and Latvia get first payments from EU Covid fund

Countries are due to receive €1.2 billion and €1.8bn respectively, with R&D on their agendas

ViewGreece and Cyprus to expand research cooperation

Joint programme will bring together a research institution and company from each country per project

ViewEU gives green light to Czech Covid recovery plan

Sign-off will begin €7 billion in investments, with research and innovation a major focus

ViewSlovakia advised to tackle issues with using EU funds for R&D

Lack of evaluators, heavy workloads and inexperience hamper country’s use of development funds, OECD says

ViewSwitzerland mulls ways to support startups and keep them from EU

Companies need help with technology transfer, internationalisation, labour access and financing, review finds

ViewExtra €6.5m for Poland’s National Science Centre

Public funder says top-up will support more research projects after fall in success rates

ViewUkraine snaps up Antarctic research ship from UK

Vessel “opens a world of opportunities” for Ukrainian polar science, says research head

View€1bn Cypriot scheme covering Covid R&D gets green light

Government allowed to offer grants, loans or tax breaks to companies doing coronavirus-related work

ViewPolish court overturns ruling on Holocaust research case

Citing academic freedom, appeals court says historians need not apologise for claims in book