MEP Christian Ehler. Photo: Christian Creutz / European Union Christian Ehler MEP is calling on research stakeholders across the EU to unite in the fight for a strong budget for Framework programme 10 (FP10), as MEPs celebrate clawing back an extra €80 million for Horizon Europe … | Continue reading
US President Joe Biden meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2022. Photo: The White House / Flickr Washington and Beijing have resumed a raft of environment-related collaboration measures, including promises of new support for Chinese and American universities to work toge … | Continue reading
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Photo: Flickr Bulgaria is looking to establish a professional network of national contact points to help researchers win Horizon Europe funding, but the programme’s current coordinator says this will be a difficult process and it could be slow t … | Continue reading
A push is underway in the US to set up a new national entity that would give policymakers a much better overview of the costs and benefits of backing new technologies, from their significance for national security to the possible impacts on economic inequality. In a new era of co … | Continue reading
The reform of the EU’s pharmaceutical legislation will not be adopted ahead of June’s European elections, an MEP involved in the negotiations in parliament has acknowledged. As things stand, the two proposed revisions of the text are diametrically opposed, meaning there are awkwa … | Continue reading
The Research Data Alliance (RDA) and Corporación Ecuatoriana para el Desarrollo de la Investigación y la Academia (CEDIA) are pleased to announce the formation of a regional partnership, aimed at further representing the practices and interests of the Ecuadorian research communit … | Continue reading
On 10 November, CERN and the World Food Programme (WFP) took a significant step in formalising their partnership by signing a memorandum of cooperation (MoC). This MoC paves the way for joint initiatives in which CERN’s cutting-edge technologies – including artificial intelligenc … | Continue reading
Namibia possesses almost unique conditions to produce Green Hydrogen, making it a prime cooperation partner for meeting Europe's growing demand for renewable energy carriers. The Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) is cooperating with Namibia in research for a … | Continue reading
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, based in Germany, is the world’s leading applied research organisation. By prioritising excellence, transformative technology development and commercialisation of its findings in business and industry, it plays a major role in the innovation process a … | Continue reading
Dan Andrée represents the University Alliance Stockholm Trio in Brussels and is a senior fellow at the Centre Condorcet and the independent High Level Groups on EU Policy Innovation Editor’s note: This viewpoint is part of a series Science|Business is publishing on the Framework … | Continue reading
The European Commission building in Brussels. Photo: Sébastien Bertrand / Flickr The European Parliament and member states reached a deal for next year’s EU budget late on Friday night, agreeing more money for research and innovation than expected. The final deal includes €12.9 … | Continue reading
Former UK science minister George Freeman. Photo: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills / Flickr UK science minister George Freeman has quit during a tumultuous 24 hours in British politics, which saw former prime minister and China-dove David Cameron return to governmen … | Continue reading
Technology Readiness Levels scale. Photo: European Space Agency Technology readiness levels (TRLs) indicate how close a particular innovation might be to the market, but say nothing about the likelihood people will want the product and be able to integrate it into their everyday … | Continue reading
Russian president Vladimir Putin at a quantum technologies conference in Moscow in July 2023. Photo: Олег Барханов / Форум будущих технологий Since leaving the USSR in 1990, the Moscow-born oncologist Andrei Gudkov has acted as something of a bridge between US and Russian science … | Continue reading
The digital landscape is undergoing a profound shift, and the EU’s Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative is at the forefront of this evolution. The NGI Forum 2023, a flagship event by the European Commission, is designed to explore the key drivers shaping the future of the In … | Continue reading
Sabine Verheyen MEP, chair of the Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education. Photo: Fred Marvaux / European Union MEPs are pushing for the EU to have shared competence with member states on education, in a bid to further mutual recognition of university degrees and to safeg … | Continue reading
Coventry University’s Africa Hub is continuing to forge positive new relationships with the signing of a new agreement with the Institute of Finance Management (IFM) in Tanzania. It is hoped the memorandum of understanding (MOU) will lead to research collaboration, new PhD progra … | Continue reading
The new MareNostrum 5 supercomputer, which will soon be operational at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), will be the most complete and versatile machine in the world at the service of the scientific community. Thanks to its uniqu … | Continue reading
Vinnova has decided on funding of SEK 230 million for 62 project within the Advanced digitalisationprogram. Solutions in cyber security, gender equality and AI are among the projects granted. The financing is part of the government's mission to Vinnova to invest at least SEK 2.3 … | Continue reading
A delegation from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (German Electron Synchrotron, DESY), the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon (Helmholtz Center Hereon) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Hambu … | Continue reading
Maud Cohen, President of Polytechnique Montreal. Photo:Bénédicte Brocard 150 years! What a source of pride! As the first francophone engineering university in North America, Polytechnique Montréal has, since its creation, trained engineers of the highest level and developed cutt … | Continue reading
A new push for a more equitable scientific publishing system is in the making as the proponents of ‘diamond’ open access - under which neither authors or readers would pay the publishers – weigh up joining forces in a global federation. The idea for a federation was first propos … | Continue reading
Kadri Simson, European energy commissioner, on a trip to Bratislava, Slovakia. Photo: Alex Halada / European Union The European Commission is launching an industrial alliance to promote development of small modular reactors (SMRs), that are billed as being safer and cheaper than … | Continue reading
Mycelium block of psilocybin psychedelic mushrooms. Photo: BigStock Psychedelic therapies have the potential to significantly improve treatment of mental health disorders and Europe will fall behind if it does not offer greater support to researchers and set out pathways for thei … | Continue reading
Germany’s science minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger speaking at this year's Falling Walls conference in Berlin. Photo: Falling Walls Foundation This year’s Falling Walls conference in Berlin, one of Europe’s biggest annual get-togethers of scientists and politicians, felt at times … | Continue reading
Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and data analytics, has announced a new offering of enriched and authoritative scientific Datasets to power data applications that solve R&D challenges. Elsevier’s Datasets enable researchers, data scientists and practice leader … | Continue reading
Maria da Graça Carvalho MEP. Photo: Philippe Stirnweiss / European Union Editor’s note: This viewpoint is first of a series Science|Business is publishing on the EU Framework Programme’s past and future – in the run-up to our celebration 12-13 February of the first Framework in 1 … | Continue reading
Coventry University’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) is relaunching after a £6million investment – with guests from across the world thanks to an incredible metaverse. The AME’s ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ base in the city has expanded thanks to the … | Continue reading
Generative AI was introduced to the working population less than a year ago with the launch of ChatGPT. From the start, it has been clear that many tasks and processes could be radically changed with its help – made easier, more efficient, even eliminated altogether. In what way … | Continue reading
Imperial’s recent visit to India helped strengthen its connections through a new seed fund and scholarships, expert panels and events. Leaders from Imperial visited Delhi and Bengaluru to meet partner institutions, government and industry leaders. Imperial also hosted alumni and … | Continue reading
Chips and other semiconductor components are considered indispensable in all important fields of the future – they are key enablers for the green and digital transformation which means the market demand is also heavily increasing. The semiconductor industry has become strategic f … | Continue reading
Data is a key tool for policy makers to respond to changes in a society and the challenges everyday people are facing. That is why Luxembourg’s National Institute of statistics and economic studies, STATEC has launched a partnership with the University of Luxembourg’s Interdiscip … | Continue reading
Science|Business, a Brussels-based media company focused on R&D policy and investment, is expanding its news team with the addition of a new journalist to help with our daily coverage of Horizon Europe and EU research and innovation policy. This full-time position is for an enthu … | Continue reading
MEP Gwendoline Delbos-Corfiel, the European Parliament’s Hungary rapporteur. Photo: Alexis Haulot / European Union The EU ban on some Hungarian universities receiving Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ funding because of rule of law concerns should be lifted, with management of the mone … | Continue reading
NATO's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: NATO / Flickr NATO’s drive to boost links with civilian tech companies has a high-profile presence in Estonia, with the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (Diana) having a regional hub in Tallinn, where the Tehno … | Continue reading
The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) is keeping up the pressure over the Commission’s pharmaceutical legislation, publishing a new assessment in which it concludes the draft proposals would hasten the existing trend which has seen Europe’s … | Continue reading
Iliana Ivanova, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. Photo: Geert Vanden Wijngaert / European Union The EU must bolster international research cooperation if it is to keep attracting the best minds and companies to the single market, the r … | Continue reading
Funding doctoral training can be a driving force for innovation, especially if it involves industry, according to a new European Commission study. This shows that when companies and organisations with a track record of innovation take part in PhD training funded by the EU’s Mari … | Continue reading
To date, the Research Data Alliance (RDA Europe) has distributed €1 million to engage European researchers to engage with the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) . The funds have been distributed through the RDA Open Calls programme, a collaboration with the European Open Science … | Continue reading
The EU has set up a new €300 million fund which will incentivise joint procurement of defence equipment. Photo: BigStock New EU rules aiming to boost common procurement of defence equipment by member states are expected to benefit SMEs with innovative technologies, but there are … | Continue reading
Research conducted at AUAS generates knowledge products and research data that should seamlessly integrate into education, research, professional practice, and society at large. Open access publishing, which is increasingly finding its place at universities of applied sciences, p … | Continue reading
A new home for chemical, environmental and biomolecular sciences has opened at the University of Birmingham. The Molecular Sciences Building will be the base for over 500 scientists from across different disciplines. Research in the extensive new facility will include materials f … | Continue reading
The hubs, led by Professor Robin Shattock and Professor Faith Osier, will develop new vaccine technologies that can be easily and cheaply be manufactured in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including work with partners in Vietnam, Bangladesh, South Africa, Kenya, and Gha … | Continue reading
Mental health is a complex and multifaceted field, encompassing diverse domains such as psychology, neuroscience, psychiatry, sociology, and public health. Mental health challenges are on the rise, posing significant burdens on individuals, families, and societies worldwide. Ther … | Continue reading
Extreme weather events, poor air quality, changes in infectious disease patterns and insecure water and food supplies put the health of much of the world's population at risk The provision of climate information through climate services is critical to understanding how and when h … | Continue reading
EIT Health Wild Card announces Innocens’ AI-empowered neonatal ICU support system as winner, with Gate2Brain's Central Nervous System drug delivery earning runner-up. The EIT Health Wild Card Programme has partnered this year with Sant Joan de Deu Hospital (SJD) Barcelona Child … | Continue reading
The AI Summit at Bletchley Park. Photo: Kirsty O'Connor / No 10 Downing Street / Flickr It’s been a whirlwind week for global artificial intelligence policymaking. Today is the final day of an AI safety summit convened by the UK, which followed a major executive order on AI from … | Continue reading