The Commission’s roadmap for the 2028-34 budget has renewed fears that research and innovation will disappear into a European Competitiveness Fund.
 

EU’s basic research funder “is not living in a vacuum” and should listen to “evolving demands from society,” says Marc Lemaître.

Marc Lemaître expects “radical reduction in the number of instruments under the EU budget”.

A leaked EU competitiveness strategy is prompting fears that Brussels intends to undermine the independence of the European Research Council by pushing for more alignment with the European Innovation Council and the EU's broader political goals.

Leaked draft work programme for health cluster sets out priorities and foresees significant budget increase
 

The EU's panel of science advisers has called for more research into geoengineering, to understand the feasibility - and potential risks - of trying to block out the sun to cool a warming earth. 

The CESAER university association is calling on the European Commission to pilot a 'Choose Europe for a research career' programme to tackle brain drain and precarity in research careers. 

How can Europe translate research into innovation? 

"Radicalisation and extremism" and the rise of autocracies are a focus of next year’s draft work programme.

Worries are mounting in Europe after Donald Trump won a second term in the White House, with the EU scrambling to chart a future in which it is less dependent on the US for defence and technology.

An independent expert report on the EU’s Framework Programmes for research and innovation recommends major role for research funding and a restructuring of funding mechanisms.