This is a time of extraordinary disruption around the world, in many different ways. A number of the disruptors have ...

Most people don’t give standards a second thought. But in everyday life, standards are of great importance. They make a light ...

Commission opens consultation on European Biotech Act European Commission launches call for evidence on ERA Act Thirty ...

Artificial intelligence might be useful to scientists in some circumstances, but it’s unlikely to revolutionise the job, according to presentations at a conference held last month that discussed the ...

EU governments have not yet agreed to back proposals by the European Commission to suspend Israel from part of Horizon Europe, as alarm grows in Europe at mass famine in Gaza.

The first half of 2025 saw Brussels consumed by a debate over the future of the EU’s research and innovation programme, which ended with a legislative proposal that quenched long-running rumours of ...

The EU science policy world is still digesting last month’s proposals for the next €175 billion Framework Programme, plans that have set in motion years of haggling over budgets, regulation clauses ...

The European Commission plans to release €1.76 billion in 2026 and €1.30 billion in 2027 for research projects relating to the climate transition, clean transportation and sustainable energy use and ...

As a former US State Department official responsible for international science partnerships, I’ve experienced my fair share of cross-border snarl-ups. Perhaps the most frustrating was when a piece of ...

The European Commission’s push to exert more control over the European Research Council (ERC) risks undermining one of the EU’s most successful scientific institutions, policy experts warn.Founded in ...