Science is often seen as a meritocracy, where the best work rises to the top along with the researchers who shepherd those advances. A new study tests that premise at the intersection of race and gender and finds cracks in that façade.

Start-ups and SMEs promised equity funding by the European Innovation Council (EIC) will have to wait "a number of months into 2022" for the financing, as the European Commission struggles with setting up the fund under Horizon Europe.

ERC president Maria Leptin discusses what she hopes to achieve in her new role and what researchers need to know when applying for grants.

Switzerland-based early career scientists awarded funding by European Research Council (ERC) grants may have to move to another country to do their research.

Perverse incentives in academia and scientific publishing have led to a surge in research fraud.

EU police body accused of unlawfully holding information and aspiring to become an NSA-style mass surveillance agency

MIT Professor Arlene Fiore uses satellite data paired with ground observations to refine our understanding of ozone smog and interactions with meteorology and climate.

Figures suggest just a tenth of previous entrant numbers from some countries got a study visa.

The EU urgently needs better intelligence about China's science and technology system to avoid being taken advantage of, warns a new report.