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The European Innovation Council (EIC) and the planned TechEU Scale-up Fund will both be permitted to invest in dual-use technologies, the European Commission has announced.
A leaked EU competitiveness strategy is prompting fears that Brussels intends to undermine the independence of the European Research Council by pushing for more alignment with the European Innovation Council and the EU's broader political goals.
Research and innovation are key areas to reignite sustainable growth and drive productivity.
How can Europe translate research into innovation?
To strengthen its health R&D pipelines and prepare for the next health crisis, Europe needs to balance security concerns with greater industrial competitiveness
European universities are behind more than 10% of all patent applications filed at the EPO from within Europe. However, wide variations in patterns of ownership and commercialisation are much in evidence.
The way the EU funds research and innovation isn't really working, and the European Commission needs to experiment with new ways to do it, according to a new influential report on the future of the EU's research and innovation framework programmes.
Risk-sensitive innovation (RSI) leverages interactions between technologies to reduce specific risks across a technology portfolio. To be of practical use, RSI requires the ability to anticipate or identify impacts and intervene in the relative timing of technological advancements.
Universities are often invoked as vital drivers of local economic growth, innovative technologies and businesses. However, as James Evans discusses their influence on local innovation may be overestimated in comparison to the role they play in organising and helping these businesses develop.
The EU must make research and innovation a "collective priority", Mario Draghi said on Friday as he outlined some of the key points from his highly anticipated report on EU competitiveness, set to be submitted to the Commission next month.
Patents remain an important way for research-intensive universities to exploit their work, but the commercialisation scene is changing.
The challenges facing social science research are numerous and wicked. Solutions could lie in demonstrating their ability to catalyse STEM research.
2023 has been one of the most interesting and intense years in European and international research and innovation policy.
Funding doctoral training can be a driving force for innovation, especially if it involves industry, according to a new European Commission study.
Keju, China's incredibly difficult civil service test, strengthened the state at the cost of freedom and creativity.
Many researchers say that AI systems aren’t yet at the point of consciousness, but that the pace of AI evolution has got them pondering: how would we know if they were? A checklist derived from six neuroscience-based theories could aid in the assessment.
This study presents a valuable dataset supporting regional research and innovation systems in four European regions: Vestland (Norway), Kriti (Greece), Galicia (Spain), and Overijssel (Netherlands). It focuses on understanding citizens’ perceptions of research and innovation dilemmas within these regions.
Europe, closer: with that statement of intent Spain has kicked off its six-month stint leading the EU. For science this means a focus on expanding the reach of research and innovation and at the same time advancing with North Africa and Latin America.
Are science and technology policies targeted at early-stage technologies what is needed for net-zero emissions?
The European Commission plans to designate 100 locations across Europe as Regional Innovation Valleys, in a bid to strengthen innovation in EU priority areas and encourage collaboration between more and less advanced regions.
