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Jo Johnson outlines UK ambition to be ‘go-to country’ for innovation and discovery, even after Brexit

Italian scientists eager to go for it alone on experiment to tackle ‘waste heat’ problem.

Influential report suggests simpler, more citizen-friendly system for post-2020 EU research funding.

Framework 9 should be opened up to countries beyond Europe’s neighbours so that the EU can benefit more from global talent, a group of insiders has said.

Heavy investment and low cost of living is powering a meteoric rise.

Bilateral partnership may provide new blueprint for EU east-west collaboration.

Britain’s relationship with the European Union has been a fruitful one when it comes to higher education. By operating within a larger European network, UK universities have become increasingly competitive in world terms.

Funding for basic research will not be affected by the dramatic changes planned for the FP9, acording to Carlos Moedas.

Now that the major players have agreed to the giant European Open Science Cloud, it’s time to get the project moving.

The European Commission is looking to create its own open-access publishing platform for papers that emerge from its €80bn Horizon 2020 programme.

World-leading research institutes have agreed to join forces with funding agencies and policymakers to create the European Open Science Cloud, the largest shared data repository in history.

MEPs have sung the praises of Horizon 2020 in a debate about its mid-term evaluation, and unanimously called for a bigger budget for its successor programme, Framework 9.

Free movement and ECJ jurisdiction seen as potential stumbling blocks at Russell Group's meeting with MEPs

Horizon 2020 found to be meeting its objectives, but is underfunded

Ten years of Dutch participation in the ERC programme have been very rewarding for the small nation. The Dutch population accounts for only 3% of the total union but it receives an impressive 9% of the ERC grants. Is this a blessing or a curse?

Bulgaria is set to lose millions of euros in EU funding aimed at modernising the country’s research infrastructure and stimulating its innovation potential, apparently due to its inability to select independent evaluators.

€540 Million from EU to 231 Senior Researchers.

€50 million for the European Research Council (of which €16.7 million were already included in the 2017 budget).

Without input from other disciplines, new technologies will fail to improve lives, report warns

The European Commission, which spends more than €10 billion annually on research, may set up a “publishing platform” for the scientists it funds, in an attempt to accelerate the transition to open-access publishing in Europe.

Commission may follow Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation in establishing a rapid-publication platform.