What’s on the horizon for Horizon Europe
A timeline of what to expect as the EU works out the details of its €94.1 billion research and innovation programme. On 20 March EU lawmakers reached major agreement on…
EC Press release: EU budget for 2021-2027
EU budget for 2021-2027: Commission welcomes provisional agreement on Horizon Europe, the future EU research and innovation programme. The EU institutions have reached a partial political agreement, subject to formal…
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European Commission says a no-deal Brexit is ‘increasingly likely’
This was supposed to be the week when, for better or worse, Britain's Brexit future finally started to take shape. This Friday, March 29, was the deadline etched into law…
Carlos Moedas
Disrupting Brussels
Brussels’ “strict” thematic approach to offering grants had shut out promising projects that span different research fields. Carlos Moedas has pledged a revolution in how Brussels finances breakthrough technologies. Read…
UK and EU must not go separate ways in science, education and innovation
As the terms of the UK’s departure from the EU and the framework of their future relationship are contested and finalised, the Guild urges that a strong relationship between the…
With EIC, Commission lays plans to become Europe’s next big tech investor
Pilot version of the European Innovation Council will receive a €300 million boost to its budget, to help it start investing in small businesses. The European Commission scaled up its…
Time running out for a deal on Horizon Europe
Despite some progress, EU legislators were again unable to strike a hoped-for deal on the EU’s next big research programme. More talks are scheduled for 19 March. The European Parliament…
Brexit Live Updates: Parliament Votes to Postpone Britain’s E.U. Departure
With just 15 days left until Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union, and no consensus on how to do it, Parliament voted on Thursday to postpone the fast-approaching…
EU states approve new Digital Europe funding programme
The EU states have approved a new 'Digital Europe' funding programme, to run over the next budget period 2021-27. This will channel EU funds to projects in five areas considered…
EU to pool and network its cybersecurity expertise – Council agrees its position on cybersecurity centres
The EU is stepping up its capacity to protect Europe against ever-increasing cyber threats by creating a new structure to pool and network its expertise in cybersecurity research, technology and…