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EU Research Lobbies Team Up to Ask for R&D Budget Boost

EU Research Lobbies Team Up to Ask for R&D Budget Boost

In a flurry of position papers released over the past few months, research lobbies have been calling for a €200 billion budget for FP10. Now, some of those organisations have teamed up to make their requests louder and stronger.

Liberals and conservatives differ on climate change beliefs, but are relatively united in taking action

Liberals and conservatives differ on climate change beliefs, but are relatively united in taking action

The division between liberals and conservatives on both climate-change beliefs and related policy support is long-standing. However, the results of a newly released global experiment show that despite these differences, the two camps actually align when it comes to taking certain actions to combat climate change.

Funding Radar: This Week's Ten Most Interesting Calls Targeted at Young Researchers

Funding Radar: This Week's Ten Most Interesting Calls Targeted at Young Researchers

The EU recognises the role of young researchers in shaping the future research and innovation landscape and throughout the years policymakers have pushed for better career paths and put in place specific funding programmes in support of this.

Landing a Global Report on National Territories: the Reception of AR6 in France and Switzerland - Npj Climate Action

Landing a Global Report on National Territories: the Reception of AR6 in France and Switzerland - Npj Climate Action

his article explores the reception of the IPCC reports on a national scale, focusing on the case of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) in France and Switzerland.

Ten Graphs Show How the Research Landscape in EU 2004 Members Has Changed

Ten Graphs Show How the Research Landscape in EU 2004 Members Has Changed

May 2024 marks 20 years since the EU's largest single enlargement, when 10 countries joined. The data show that great progress has been made in improving research and innovation systems in that time, with more public money being pumped in, more international scientific collaboration, and more private investment.

Science Infrastructure Projects Become Travel Destinations in China

Science Infrastructure Projects Become Travel Destinations in China

Mega infrastructure and science projects in China have become new popular destinations for tourists during the May Day holiday.The Wenchang Space Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan, where China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe took off on Friday,

A Deep Dive into How Gates, Wellcome and Novo Nordisk Spend Their Millions

A Deep Dive into How Gates, Wellcome and Novo Nordisk Spend Their Millions

With their new $300 million global health programme announced 6 May, the Gates, Wellcome and Novo Nordisk foundations bring together three very different funding networks. A Science|Business analysis shows how they operate, and who benefits.

Science Europe Also Wants More Information on Dual-use Plans

Science Europe Also Wants More Information on Dual-use Plans

Association of research funding and performing organisations calls for careful consideration of option impacts

New Zealand Science Minister Assumes Country Will Join Next Framework Programme

New Zealand Science Minister Assumes Country Will Join Next Framework Programme

New Zealand is on course to associate to Horizon Europe's successor in 2028, science minister Judith Collins has said, as she tries to reorientate the country's partnerships towards states that respect intellectual property laws.

Science Leaders Back UK's Professor Mark Thomson to Lead CERN

Science Leaders Back UK's Professor Mark Thomson to Lead CERN

Some of the leading minds from across the world of science have given their backing to Professor Mark Thomson's bid to be the next Director-General of CERN.

Xi Believes China Can Win a Scientific Revolution

Xi Believes China Can Win a Scientific Revolution

Beijing's techno-nationalist policies are more geopolitical than economic.

Can the UK Be a 'Science and Technology Superpower'?

Can the UK Be a 'Science and Technology Superpower'?

The government's aim is for the UK to be a science and technology superpower. However, the UK's current science and technology policy is based on three fallacies that limit its ability to become a tech superpower.

Demands to Include Women in Decisions on the Protection of Human Rights in the Climate Crisis

Demands to Include Women in Decisions on the Protection of Human Rights in the Climate Crisis

In a scientific paper, the researcher from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili’s Department of Public Law, Susana Borràs, discusses the vulnerability and lack of protection of migrant women and children

A Big Win for East Africa with the Inclusion of Open Science in the EAC STI Policy

A Big Win for East Africa with the Inclusion of Open Science in the EAC STI Policy

Inclusion of Open Science principles and guidelines in the new policy framework marks a first for the region and Africa and is set to unlock the full potential of scientific research and drive sustainable development across East Africa.

EU Should Spend More on Horizon Europe, Macron Says

EU Should Spend More on Horizon Europe, Macron Says

The EU needs to fundamentally change, including the way it invests in research and innovation, or it might die. That was the gist of a speech by French president Emmanuel Macron at Sorbonne University today. But there is hope, he said - at least as long as member states agree to reform the EU single market and rewrite the rules for state aid, allocate a lot more money to the EU budget, and invest more in research and innovation.