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ViewCommission confirms funding for improving research careers

Pilot instrument for institutions set to launch in 2023-24, but member states express doubts

ViewHorizon’s ‘Hop-on’ scheme criticised

Researchers struggle to take advantage of initiative to boost participation in underdeveloped research countries

ViewSwitzerland’s exclusion from EU research begins to bite

Government shocks sector by cancelling budget for Horizon membership

ViewEU innovation funder launches new commercialisation scheme

Scheme to provide entrepreneurial skills training to researchers and support early-stage startups

ViewUniversity groups call for rebalancing of Horizon Europe

Guild, EUA and Cesaer seek more funding for basic research

View‘Dare to discontinue’ Horizon schemes, Commission urged

University group warns collaborative research is “overprogrammed” in Horizon Europe with funding thinly spread

ViewIP experts sought for European Innovation Council

Experts will advise EIC grant winners on intellectual property related to their project

ViewHorizon Europe opens to researchers in New Zealand

Researchers can now apply to lead consortia under R&D programme’s second pillar

ViewEuropean unitary patent ‘certain’ to launch in June

German move finalises multinational protection for intellectual property after years of delay

ViewEU starts planning for its next R&D programme

Representatives of member states and the Commission will work with a high-level expert group

ViewMicrochip leader warns of geopolitical threat to innovation

Dutch company ASML reports “unauthorised misappropriation of data” as MEPs progress EU legislation on microchips

ViewEU R&D project seeks input on cybersecurity roadmap

Europe advised to take “holistic” approach, encompassing research, innovation, education and skills

ViewEU drug R&D plans ‘extremely damaging’, claims industry

Drug company trade body suggests concerns around intellectual property will push R&D investment elsewhere

ViewEPFL warns Swiss research being ‘eroded’ by EU freezeout

Swiss institute reports reduced collaboration resulting from loss of access to Horizon Europe

ViewEU launches growth fund to support ‘tech champions’

European Investment Bank and member states commit €3.75 billion for ‘fund of funds’

ViewResearch group submits broad critique of Horizon Europe

Earto raises concerns about budget “instability” and “serious hurdles” for widening measures

View‘More effort needed’ for EU R&D partnerships to find their fit

Review also urges safeguarding of emergency budgets to help partnerships navigate crises such as Covid-19

View‘Common mistakes’ in proposals to Horizon Europe outlined

Using “buzzwords” and aiming for project outcomes that are “too ambitious” reduces prospect of success

ViewScepticism over EU use of blind grant evaluations

Many evaluators will identify people behind proposals they are assessing, policy adviser warns

ViewMEP urges changes to save Horizon deals

Agreements with Canada, Faroe Islands and New Zealand could all be blocked by European Parliament

ViewEUA to push policymakers toward broader view of innovation

European University Association calls for a less “utilitarian” approach to R&D impact

ViewApplication rate up for ERC Synergy Grants

Competition increases among applicants for European Research Council grants for multiple principal investigators

ViewEU and India launch trade and technology council

Working groups set to discuss clean-tech research and critical industrial components

ViewUniversity group suggests health priorities for Horizon Europe

The Guild calls for investment in responses to biological warfare and age-dependent disease

ViewGlobal quantum industry groups form collaboration council

European, American, Canadian and Japanese groups will work on topics including standards and funding

ViewEU consults on ways to improve clinical trials

Comments sought on priorities for stakeholder platform

ViewEU to start broad pilot of blind proposal evaluation

All two-stage 2023-24 calls in Horizon Europe R&D programme except one will be involved

ViewCommission confirms plans for Horizon Europe office in Kyiv

Mariya Gabriel says office will create “stronger ties” between EU and Ukrainian R&D

ViewMEPs lambast timing and detail of EU green tech scheme

European Commission plan “very vague with regard to fresh funding”, says Socialists and Democrats leader

ViewERC urged to remove ‘academic age limits’ on grants

Petition argues PhD-based eligibility windows do “not make sense” and discriminate against unconventional career paths