The Swiss parliament approved a law to limit immigration by giving its residents priority access to employment vacancies, in an effort to shore up ties with the EU.

Outcome: Indicative statistics.

Member states are planning to halve an expected increase to both Horizon 2020 and the Erasmus+ budget between 2017 to 2020.

Researchers must have grants to win grants, new study says.

More than 600 professionals from the worlds of science and politics converged in Brussels late last month to mine internationally accumulated expertise on how best to connect scientific evidence with government decision-making.

A communication setting out a new strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation, in particular with a view to implementing Horizon 2020.

European University Association research flags pressure points across continent

Analysis points to problems with Horizon 2020

Head of England’s funding council says ‘future talent pool’ is big Brexit issue

Public consultation: have your say on Horizon 2020

The European Commission’s flagship investment scheme is imbalanced towards the EU’s richest countries, according to a report by the European Investment Bank.

Experts question legality under anti-discrimination laws as senior politicians criticise move as ‘baffling’.

Long-awaited plan would exempt computer-aided harvesting from EU copyright law.

As part of its update of EU copyright rules, the European Commission today proposed a copyright exception that would permit researchers to analyse on a large scale scientific data to which they have lawful access.

A recent statement from Carlos Moedas told us that “as of the Work Programme 2017, the current Open Research Data Pilot will be extended to cover all thematic areas of Horizon 2020, making open research data the default setting. This means that as of January 1st 2017, all funded proposals will need to make all of the data and digital research outputs they generate openly available.