🌱 How can digital tools encourage healthier habits among children and adolescents?
The SmartCHANGE project is exploring how AI and gamification can support healthier lifestyle choices and help reduce the risk of chronic diseases.
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🔬 EU governments will discuss a proposed portfolio of 19 Horizon Europe partnerships on 12–13 October, as the Commission seeks to reduce the current 60 partnerships.

The proposal includes new initiatives on railways, space and climate resilience.

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🔬 Can open science and research security go hand in hand?

In this interview, Mona Nemer discusses how researchers can protect sensitive data while maintaining international partnerships, including with countries facing political tensions.

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The EP is standing firm on its €1.94 trillion budget proposal as the Council prepares a revised position on the EU’s next long-term budget.
Meanwhile, MEPs are nearing agreement on the next Horizon Europe, but potential budget cuts could put research funding at risk.

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Several European countries have endorsed a US-led vision for science, raising concerns over academic freedom and university autonomy.

Critics fear its links to the Trump administration’s broader science agenda could undermine research institutions.

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Disagreements over employee participation rights have delayed the European Parliament's committee vote on EU Inc. Negotiators now hope to reach an agreement ahead of the next committee meeting on 19 October.

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The European Open Science Cloud Federation opens to the public, giving researchers easier access to data from 200+ organisations. What could this unlock for climate and health research?
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Water, regulation, skills, technology and trust all shape the agrifood transition. Green Minds Gather 2026 brings these questions together across research, farming, industry and policy.
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🎙️ Meet the speakers for our upcoming webinar on research security in Europe.

On 14 October, together with Digital Science, we will bring together experts from across Europe to discuss how research security can move from controls to capabilities.

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⚡ How can Europe scale clean energy technologies and infrastructure, strengthen R&I partnerships and advance industrial decarbonisation?

Join us on 19 November as policymakers, researchers and industry leaders discuss the next steps for Europe’s clean energy transition.

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We are pleased to be a media partner of the Falling Walls Science Summit 2026. The summit will bring together voices from research, policy and innovation to spotlight breakthroughs and ideas shaping the global R&I landscape.
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The Netherlands has launched a new agency for disruptive innovation.
With a €500 million budget over the next decade, Nadi aims to help promising technologies bridge the gap between academic research and private investment.
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🌍 Horizon Europe is opening €35 million in new funding for climate-related projects.
Three calls will support work on climate resilience, solar radiation modification, and access to climate projections and data.
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The European Commission has announced an additional €240 million for the MSCA, following a record number of applications in 2026.

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📊 What do the latest numbers say about Europe’s research and innovation performance?
The EU is still struggling to close its R&D investment gap and help start-ups scale, while its position in global patenting continues to face pressure.
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💡The COST Conference 2026 will bring together researchers, policymakers, research managers and other R&I stakeholders in Brussels to explore what research networks can contribute to this next phase of European research and innovation.
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Universities from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland broadly support opening the next Horizon Europe to research with both civilian and military applications, but say clearer definitions are needed.

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Could delays to the next Horizon Europe programme cost Europe research momentum?

YERUN president Dag Rune Olsen warns that a funding gap in 2028 could disrupt research networks and hit early-career researchers hardest.

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The Commission is warning EU governments not to water down EU Inc.

Key parts of the proposal, including stock option harmonisation, remain under debate. The Commission argues they are essential to making the regime work for start-ups.

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Horizon Europe’s 2026–27 work programme has been updated with €507 million in new funding.
The Commission is adding two major cross-cutting schemes focused on biodiversity and strengthening the pathway from research to market deployment.
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