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Nov 5, 2024 · Assessing the Trump factor in US science: fear and uncertainty. US academics debate Trump’s impact on R&D: budget cuts, visa limits – but perhaps some transatlantic cooperation. No ‘cause for panic’. 07 Nov 2024. R&D Policy. The Horizon Europe leaks: EU plans €438M for democracy, economics and culture research in 2025.
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Jul 3, 2024 · Generative AI: How will it transform science and its impact on society? Stemming from a Science|Business roundtable, this special report discusses how GenAI transforms the work of researchers and new opportunities to translate research outcomes into solutions, for the benefit of policy and society. 20 Feb 2024. Free.
Commission prepares to bundle all research and innovation …
Oct 10, 2024 · The European Commission is making moves to bundle all research and innovation funds, including the European Research Council (ERC) and the European Innovation Council (EIC), into a new mega competitiveness fund that would be launched under the new multiannual budget due to start in 2028.
The Horizon Papers | Science|Business
Oct 24, 2024 · The Horizon Papers. Science|Business is publishing the Commission’s sector-by-sector plans for its Horizon Europe programme. On this page, you can find links to the draft Horizon Europe work programmes for 2025, and the official work programmes for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. These are the documents that spell out the research topics, timing ...
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1 day ago · The Ecosystem: trusted investors assemble to support start-ups. A new network will give deep tech investors an inside track on companies that have won European Innovation Council backing. 05 Nov 2024. R&D Funding. Germany, Netherlands and France top hubs for health research in Horizon Europe.
Number of scientists worldwide reaches 8.8M, as global ...
Jun 14, 2021 · Global R&D spending grew faster than the economy between 2014 and 2018 as countries around the world turned to research to bring on the green and digital transitions, says a new UNESCO report. Worldwide, science spending increased by 19% over the four years, while the number of scientists grew by 13.7% to 8.8 million. Since the start of 2020, the COVID-19 crisis further boosted this trend.
Pro tip: study EU policy to understand research programming
1 day ago · Pro tip: study EU policy to understand research programming. Horizon Europe is becoming increasingly policy- and market-driven. Here are some lessons to be learnt from leaked 2025 work programmes. The Berlaymont building in Brussels houses the headquarters of the European Commission, Photo credits: Fred Romero / Flickr.
Uncertainty looms over Framework Programme 10, as EU debates …
There are mixed messages from the top. Speaking in Geneva on Tuesday at the 70th anniversary of CERN, von der Leyen said the EU should increase research spending in the next EU budget. “Horizon Europe is the largest research investment programme in the world. Its crown jewel is the ERC. That financed research that resulted in 14 Nobel Prizes.
Viewpoint: EU needs to boost investment in research infrastructures
Oct 10, 2024 · Research infrastructures have been notably absent in the ongoing discussions about the next EU framework research programme FP10. But without strong investments in these large scale and expensive facilities, we risk falling behind on the global stage.. This comes at a time when there is much talk about the need to enhance EU competitiveness and ensure that European research is the lynchpin of ...