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Data corner: how EU R&D spending measures up against the US and China

1 week ago | sciencebusiness.net | David Matthews

The bloc spends far more of its budget on undirected, curiosity-driven research than its rivals Photo credits: Mika Baumeister / Unsplash Discover the latest in research funding every Tuesday with Funding Newswire. Dive into detailed articles with our monthly or yearly subscriptions or start with a free trial NOTE: if you're a part of one of our Network member organisations, you get free access by signing up with your institutional email. Verify your eligibility here.
Commission analysis lays bare fragmentation of European innovation

2 weeks ago | sciencebusiness.net | David Matthews

Europe remains riven by division when it comes to research and particularly innovation, according to a new European Commission analysis that attempts to put a number on how it compares to the US.
Don’t kick Israel out of Horizon Europe, says German universities chief

2 weeks ago | sciencebusiness.net | David Matthews

The head of the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) has pleaded with the EU not to eject Israel from the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, as the bloc weighs how to respond to the country’s starvation of Gaza. Last month, the EU launched a review of its association agreement with Israel, which underpins association to Horizon Europe and mandates that Israel should respect human rights.
FP10 structure to be announced in July with EU financial plan

3 weeks ago | sciencebusiness.net | Juliette Portala |Eleonora Francica

The structure of FP10, the next Framework Programme for research and innovation, will be unveiled on July 16, according to a calendar leaked from the European Commission. This indicates that a regulation to establish the programme will be part of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) announcement, alongside plans to set up a European Competitiveness Fund. The Commission would only confirm the date, saying that the presentation of the MFF was “foreseen” for July 16.
Listed: Europe’s latest offers to US academics fleeing Trump

3 weeks ago | sciencebusiness.net | Fintan Burke

Not even six months into his second term, Donald Trump’s administration has gutted national research institutes of their scientists and withheld further funding from universities and research centres. US academics now looking across the Atlantic to continue their careers have seen many opportunities pop up in recent months designed to attract researchers to Europe.
ERC updates its 2026-27 work programmes

3 weeks ago | sciencebusiness.net | Juliette Portala

The European Research Council (ERC) has made changes to its work programmes for the last two years of Horizon Europe that will alter the way researchers apply for the grants, and the evaluation process.
EU climate policy ignores latest science on forests, researchers say

1 month ago | sciencebusiness.net | Juliette Portala

Forests play an important part in EU climate policy, acting as carbon sinks to mitigate ongoing greenhouse gas emissions. But the scientists who study forests think this policy ignores the complexities that their research reveals. “At first look, using forests to absorb more carbon dioxide seems simple,” said Nicola Bozzolan, researcher in climate-smart forestry and bioeconomy at the European Forest Institute, speaking to Science|Business in a personal capacity.
Horizon Europe expulsion ‘almost a death sentence for Israeli science’

1 month ago | sciencebusiness.net | David Matthews

Ejecting Israel from Horizon Europe would be “almost a death sentence for Israeli science,” the president of the country’s Academy of Sciences and Humanities has said, as debate grows in the EU over whether to expel the country.
European Research Council has been ‘biased’ against researchers with novel ideas, study argues

1 month ago | sciencebusiness.net | David Matthews

The European Research Council (ERC) has failed to support applicants with a track record of novel research, a new study argues, raising questions over whether the funder is living up to its original aim of backing pioneering, high-risk, high-gain ideas.
UK edges towards rejoining Erasmus mobility scheme

1 month ago | sciencebusiness.net | David Matthews

Brussels and London appear to be edging towards a deal that would allow the UK to rejoin the Erasmus+ student mobility scheme, in what would be a further step towards repairing research and education relations damaged by Brexit. Earlier this week, the UK and EU announced they “should work towards” associating the UK to the scheme, which holds emotional significance for EU leaders as a way of bonding people together across Europe. Plans for a “youth experience scheme” are also being hammered out.