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Trump and Brexit Opportunities for EU Science
Ten years of Dutch participation in the ERC programme have been very rewarding for the small nation. The Dutch population accounts for only 3% of the total union but it receives an impressive 9% of the ERC grants. Is this a blessing or a curse?
Horizon 2020 Success Rates Are Higher Than They Appear
Take proposals that should never have been submitted out of the figures, and the chances of winning funding look a lot brighter.
Bulgaria Risks Losing Funding for Research Infrastructure Modernisation
Bulgaria is set to lose millions of euros in EU funding aimed at modernising the country’s research infrastructure and stimulating its innovation potential, apparently due to its inability to select independent evaluators.
EU Research ‘Still Failing to Include Social Sciences’
Without input from other disciplines, new technologies will fail to improve lives, report warns
Science Funders Plunge Into Publishing
The European Commission, which spends more than €10 billion annually on research, may set up a “publishing platform” for the scientists it funds, in an attempt to accelerate the transition to open-access publishing in Europe.
European Commission Considering Leap into Open-Access Publishing
Commission may follow Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation in establishing a rapid-publication platform.
Europe Can Build on Scientific Intuition
Carlos Moedas sees a bold future for the European Research Council and more projects that copy its approach.
What 23 Researchers Have Done with European Research Council Funding
As the European Research Council celebrates its 10-year anniversary, researchers reveal what more than €12bn of ERC funding has supported.
Next-Generation Metrics
Responsible metrics and evaluation for open science.
Open Data and Open Science Policy in Europe
Similarities and differences in Open Data and Open Science policies between European nations.
Career Success Stories of the European Research Council
As the European Research Council celebrates its 10-year anniversary, three Starting Grant awardees describe their career paths.
Who Will Run the New European Open Science Cloud?
The Commission wants to knit existing data infrastructures into a shared pan European resource.
European Open Science Cloud Pilot Project @eoscpilot
The EOSCpilot project will support the first phase in the development of the European Open Science Cloud.
At 10, Europe’s ‘Excellence’ Fund Faces Calls for Change
The European Research Council has earned a reputation for quality—and for being risk averse
"Getting it right: what are the best funding mechanisms for #innovation?" @Moedas
"Getting it right: what are the best funding mechanisms for #innovation?" @Moedas
Transcript of Moedas' speech on funding and innovation.
Horizon 2020 Rules Changed to Tackle Pay Gap
The European Commission has changed the Horizon 2020 model grant agreement, to try to address complaints about low salary levels among the newer 13 member states.
Open Access to Scientific Peer Reviewed Publications in Horizon 2020
The first data on the uptake of open access to publications in Horizon 2020.
March for Science: Reaching out for Bottom-Up Governance
As top-down governance gives signs of obsolescence, it is time to adopt greater bottom-up input from scientists into policies influencing our lives.
I Would Join the March for Science
EU Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas praises scientists for finding their voice.
The Impact of the EU General Data Protection Regulation on Scientific Research
The Impact of the EU General Data Protection Regulation on Scientific Research
An overview of the new rules to consider where scientific projects include the processing of personal data.
