Science|Business polled some of the main stakeholders of the EU’s next research funding programme about the proposed simplifications. The verdict: Nice try, but let’s work on the details
The European Commission proposes to unite national funding agencies in ‘pacts’ to complete the European Research Area (ERA) by 2014 deadline - without further legislation
There’s plenty of (empirical) evidence to justify specific measures to put women scientists on an equal footing with their male counterparts. A Gender Summit next week must make an unambiguous call for Horizon 2020 to embrace this view
The European Commission’s DG Research director-general Robert-Jan Smits is calling on the European Parliament to help simplify regulations and make the system for public private partnerships more user-friendly
Research and innovation are pre-requisites of economic growth and job creation. That’s why, in addition to increasing the budget of the next Framework programme, structural funds should be earmarked for R&D and Innovation, says Maria Da Graça Carvalho, MEP