Hungarian academics are hopeful that an EU ruling banning 30 institutions, including 21 universities, from Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ will finally be lifted with the election of a new government.

New measures include longer restrictions for previously unsuccessful applicants as ERC contends with rise in applications.

Influential adviser and ex-Portuguese science minister Manuel Heitor calls out the broken system of short-term contracts.

Rectors’ conferences across Europe unite behind call for ambitious Horizon Europe budget and long-term funding for university alliances

European universities celebrate opportunity for Hungarian institutions to restore academic freedom.

An additional layer of quality control could help academic publishers weed out problematic content before it propagates.

Scientists have warned that a new UK Government report risks distorting evidence and driving ineffective policy by framing ecological degradation and its impacts on migration as a security threat.

Critical review calls for “significant change” at beleaguered national AI institute, as chair steps down.

Attacks have destroyed or damaged a wide range of academic and commercial research centers.

NIH grant money stimulated the US economy, but certain funding mechanisms may limit future benefits.

Scientific activity has historically been concentrated in a small number of advanced economies, but the global landscape of research is undergoing rapid transformation.

But top advisor Manuel Heitor thinks his idea of expert councils to steer collaborative research will win political support in the end

Balancing the books at the end of the programme will not stop immediate damage to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, observers say

If we were designing peer review from scratch for a world where powerful LLMs exist, what would we actually need humans for, and what could we comfortably automate?

Observers suggest the delay could be due to disagreements between the Commission directorates handling research and innovation policy.

While the cuts hit all demographics, younger biomedical researchers may have suffered the most from the Trump administration’s actions, a new study says