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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

ViewSpain and Lithuania get their first EU Covid recovery money

Countries’ governments plan to invest in universities, merge institutions and change academic funding systems

ViewMore female than male doctorate holders in Portugal for first time

Women reach 51 per cent of doctorate holders, up from 47 per cent in 2012

ViewPortuguese R&D spending hits record high

Total R&D spending in Portugal has increased for five consecutive years, government reports

ViewGreece gets first burst of EU’s Covid-19 recovery funding

Commission turns €4 billion over to country, whose recovery plan includes actions for boosting research

ViewLithuania’s Covid plan puts €200m into higher education and R&D

Money expected to boost internationalisation of universities, promote research and raise admission standards

ViewSwitzerland working on alternative to ERC and MSCA grants

Schemes intended to substitute for 2021 rounds of ERC Advanced Grants and MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships

ViewSwitzerland faces ‘exodus’ of researchers

Academics in the country will have to move to accept new European Research Council grants

ViewLatvia signs off its associate membership of Cern

Move opens up opportunities for researchers and companies

ViewSpain sets out research spending plan for its regions

Central government will contribute two-thirds of a five-year €456 million R&D fund

ViewSelection of Swiss competence centres ‘could be improved’

Study finds need to encourage broader range of applicants and increase transparency

ViewNumber of new public research posts in Spain hits 14-year high

Country’s science ministry says public researcher and technician posts up 28 per cent on 2020

ViewCroatia’s recovery plan aims to ‘revamp’ research funding system

Plan proposes major reforms and includes almost €1 billion of investments for research and education

ViewSpanish science minister replaced in government reshuffle

Valencian mayor Diana Morant replaces Pedro Duque as cabinet made younger and more female

ViewPortugal taking ‘first steps’ to openness on animal research

Study finds 53 per cent of organisations include animal welfare statement on their website

ViewSwiss R&D talks ‘politically impossible’, Commission says

Country frozen out as national research funders call for inclusive EU policymaking and programmes

ViewR&D among priorities for renewal of EU’s Eastern Partnership

Five-year, €2.3 billion plan aims to strengthen former Soviet democracies, economies and academic mobility