The Global Research Initiative on Open Science has opened its first call for projects that synthesise evidence for policy.

Leaked documents contain measures calculated to strengthen role of EU member states in strategic priority setting.

European Research Council reversal follows a backlash against new measures to control proposal numbers

Positions ‘terminated, effective immediately’, says email to scientists sent on president’s behalf, in move labelled ‘dangerous attack’ on US innovation

Generative AI is unsettling longstanding conventions of authorship, ownership and credit in academia and across cultural production. This has prompted responses that seek to reassert the role of the intelligent, creative human individual.

Can Large Language Models (LLMs) support the process or validate expert evaluations? ChatGPT-4o mini scores correlated positively with expert scores in almost all 34 (field-based) Units of Assessment (UoAs).

National policies alone will not be enough for the EU’s newer member states to catch up to top performers

Largest illegal database of scientific papers has gaps in recently published literature, but its chatbot can still prove useful—especially for less-timely questions

Country’s wars against Iran and Lebanon have renewed debate over whether Europe should sever research ties.

New technologies are needed to help break the EU’s dependence on foreign energy supplies.

UNU-CPR and partners launch new report translating breakthrough science into actionable policy for planetary health.

The European Parliament’s budget committee has adopted an interim report and compromise amendments calling for a stronger, predictable EU budget from 2028.

The US has seen a particular drop in university autonomy, which has fallen by 50% in the past decade, faster than several countries moving toward autocracy

More U.S. scientists are running for state and federal office in the U.S. midterm elections than ever before.

New technologies and scientific breakthroughs top the list of hope for the future in national survey, published this spring, outlining the attitudes of the British public towards science. 

Hungarian academics are hopeful that an EU ruling banning 30 institutions, including 21 universities, from Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ will finally be lifted with the election of a new government.

New measures include longer restrictions for previously unsuccessful applicants as ERC contends with rise in applications.

Influential adviser and ex-Portuguese science minister Manuel Heitor calls out the broken system of short-term contracts.

Rectors’ conferences across Europe unite behind call for ambitious Horizon Europe budget and long-term funding for university alliances