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.

The European Commission is making moves to bundle all research and innovation funds into a new mega competitiveness fund that would be launched under the new multiannual budget due to start in 2028.

Renewing agreement would be in “mutual interest”, Commission says

With several portfolios of new EU commissioners touching on universities’ territory, there’s reason to be optimistic, writes Jan Palmowski

The former Italian prime minister wants more breakthrough innovation, using a radically different model.

A new report by the Hungarian Young Academy shows around 40% of early career researchers have experienced some form of negative consequence of the EU funding ban.

European Students’ Union wants direct participation embedded in governance structures of EU education initiatives

Annual report on EU science, research and innovation performance defines challenges in a time of increasingly tense geopolitics

The EU must make research and innovation a "collective priority", Mario Draghi said on Friday as he outlined some of the key points from his highly anticipated report on EU competitiveness, set to be submitted to the Commission next month.

As a consequence, member states have received just 12 per cent of €48 billion for R&I