A European Commission working group recommends Horizon 2020 evaluation process to account for gender issues.

The G7 countries have agreed to explore ways of cooperating to fund research and innovation activities.

The UK government has called on the European Union to hold a “full and open discussion” on the terms of Britain's participation in EU research after Brexit.

The UK government’s proposals on science in the Brexit negotiations will be set out in a paper to be released by the end of September.

The European Commission should give Framework 9 applicants access to the full evaluation reports for their proposals, a Swiss position paper on the programme has said.

The European Research Council is planning to reduce the budgets for its single-investigator grants in 2018, to fund the return of the multi-investigator Synergy Grants.

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Framework 9 should be opened up to countries beyond Europe’s neighbours so that the EU can benefit more from global talent, a group of insiders has said.

Funding for basic research will not be affected by the dramatic changes planned for the FP9, acording to Carlos Moedas.

MEPs have sung the praises of Horizon 2020 in a debate about its mid-term evaluation, and unanimously called for a bigger budget for its successor programme, Framework 9.

Horizon 2020 would need four times its budget to fund all of the high-quality proposals it receives, the interim evaluation of the programme has found.

UK-based academics leading research infrastructures supported by funding from the European Commission are to begin moving their headquarters to other European Union member states from as early as 2019. 

The next EU Framework programme after Horizon 2020 might allow full participation from large countries outside Europe and the surrounding region.

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.

Being based in an English-speaking country is the most significant factor in boosting a researcher’s likelihood of being published in a high-impact medical journal, a study has suggested.

The research commissioner Carlos Moedas has named the panel of 15 advisers who will steer the launch of the European Innovation Council.

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.

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

The Council of the EU looks set to ask the European Research Council to consider setting up a new category of grants to help student researchers establish their careers.