The week ended on a Friday afternoon last spring with two emails from Northwestern University's Sponsored Research office telling a researcher that two of his National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants had been terminated.

Government shutdown, staff shortages have complicated effort to meet 30 September deadline to spend funds.

Australia’s top universities are paying €12 million from their own pockets to access the EU research programme

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has slashed budgets for hundreds of its basic science programs for the remainder of this fiscal year.

A Competitiveness Fund governance exercise has left the Commission’s research directorate worried, internal memo shows.

Research ethicists question how ERC approved €150,000 award despite military aims and Russia links

Robbert Dijkgraaf thinks the EU could expand on the sectoral plans idea first implemented across Dutch universities.

France could become the latest European country to set up a new innovation body after a government-commissioned report recommended it create one “within months, not years.”

Consultation on societal challenges and scientific solutions will inform decision-making at country’s main research funder.

The Commission’s draft work programme update includes preparations for the next Horizon Europe and a biodiversity mega-call.

The Commission has proposed a tripling of the EIC budget to more than €30 billion, and it wants that money to go further.

Diamond Light Source and ISIS Neutron and Muon Source face cuts of up to 20% as Science and Technology Facilities Council seeks savings

A new rule would give political appointees approval power over scientific grants, reduce support for international collaboration, limit funding for publication fees, and make other alterations to the funding review process.

The Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) just released its 2026 Funder Policy Landscape Analysis Report and Recommendations. This report analyses access-to-research policies of ORFG members and other private funders of open research and open outputs.
 

University group urges Commission to keep “explicitly military” research outside next research framework programme.

Earlier this week, Politico Europe reported that the European Commission is planning to centralise departments responsible for the direct allocation of EU funding ahead of the start of the next EU multiannual budget in 2028. 

The EU will officially launch its €5 billion investment fund for scaling up future European tech giants on June 3. Here are five things we know about the Scaleup Europe Fund so far.

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