Alliances could help strong institutions outside mainstream join Horizon consortia, says Nicolaus Copernicus University vice-rector.

The country has set bold ambitions to revamp its research sector, with experts on the ground saying steady improvement is being made.

China’s top leader has called for efforts to deepen international collaboration in basic science following a major funding boost that signals the government's strategic priorities for the next phase of its innovation drive.

Institutions from UK, New Zealand, Canada and Switzerland worry about being locked out of governance and sensitive calls

Analysis of more than 2,500 science stories revealed that men were quoted more often than women, highlighting systemic gender bias in science communication.

If not for money, disgruntled researchers from around the world might still come to Europe for a taste of academic freedom

Competitive funding is breaking down just a few years after it was set up using EU and World Bank money.

Being frozen out of Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ for over three years has taken its toll on the country’s academics.
 

Some research funding systems rely on expert-assigned journal rankings to allocate resources. LLMs can approximate expert-assigned rankings with high overall accuracy, with most errors occurring between adjacent levels.

As Brussels debates how to extract more economic value out of its investments in science and technology, this news tracker brings together the latest developments in EU and national R&I policies

Afghanistan is the latest test case for how Europe helps researchers threatened at home or fleeing abroad.

The Global Research Initiative on Open Science has opened its first call for projects that synthesise evidence for policy.

Leaked documents contain measures calculated to strengthen role of EU member states in strategic priority setting.

European Research Council reversal follows a backlash against new measures to control proposal numbers