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Horizon Europe, the framework programmes and how the UK’s research relationships abroad are changing. Newest first. The whole archive →

Deteriorating geopolitical relationships associated with declines in cross-border research, study findsInternational collaborations are “easier to break than to build”News · 4 Sep 2026 Data: ERC Starting Grants 2026The European Research Council has announced the awardees of its Starting Grants for 2026 – €705m is shared between 421 early-career researchers.News · 3 Sep 2026 European Council will not “subordinate research to industrial policy”Higher education minister presents Irish Presidency’s research and innovation prioritiesNews · 2 Sep 2026 Continued Copernicus membership divides opinionAn interim evaluation of the UK’s renewed Copernicus membership has found that participation in the EU Earth observation programme brings increased influence,…News · 8 Aug 2026 Think tank calls for a list of high-risk Chinese research collaboration partnersThe UK’s research security framework remains “primarily advisory and individually focused,” according to a new report from pressure group UK-China…News · 30 Jul 2026 Russell Group pushes for an “open, research-led” Horizon successorThe Russell Group is calling for a smooth UK association to Framework Programme 10 – the successor to the current Horizon Europe research funding programme…News · 29 Jul 2026 ERC grants for 2027 see €100m dropThe budgets for European Research Council grant schemes in 2027 have been tightened, with Starting Grants and Consolidator Grants in particular drawing on a…News · 21 Jul 2026 EU governments propose a €231m cut in 2027 Horizon budgetNegotiations again see member states push for a “prudent approach”News · 17 Jul 2026 The European Innovation Act is an opportunity to “acknowledge universities’ needs”The European University Association sets out its stall on the forthcoming legislation.News · 6 Jul 2026

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