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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 13h

Lead Erasmus+ MEP hopes Council will back €47.4bn budget www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Free to read: Tensions have flared over how the EU is reducing the number of public and private partnerships it supports through its research and innovation programme www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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Tensions flare over cull of EU R&I partnerships - Research Professional News

MEPs concerned over Commission approach to reduction in public and private funding collaborations

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

EU R&D spending ‘highly skewed’ to certain regions www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Opinion: The real test of the Innovation Act may be whether the EU can connect it successfully with the other parts of its emerging research and innovation architecture, writes @danandree.bsky.social www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Free to read: Some politicians and academic leaders seem to be converging on plans to create a new form of EU funding for long-term, researcher-led collaborations—but they face a “real battle” to secure broader agreement and investment www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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‘Battle’ ahead to create new researcher-led EU funding - Research Professional News

Ideas advance for bottom-up FP10 funding of research networks, but political and practical obstacles loom

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Race is on to protect the moon’s invaluable research environments www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A proposal for a more strategic and coordinated approach to EU technology infrastructures has split opinion over governance www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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Bodies split over EU governance of tech infrastructures - Research Professional News

Views differ on need for dedicated organisation to steer investment and coordination

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The Guild @guildeu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🗣️Jan Palmowski's comments on #R&I following the State of the Union in resprofnews.bsky.social.: “A key lesson for the R&I community is that it has a huge opportunity to fill the international collaborative opportunities with action, through the unique and reliable framework that it offers.”

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The prime minister of Canada has called for his country to gain membership of the EU’s Erasmus+ programme for academic mobility and cooperation, as part of a “deeper and wider” partnership www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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Mark Carney seeks access to Erasmus+ and ‘deeper’ EU ties - Research Professional News

Canadian leader wants collaboration on AI and to “leverage our world-class research institutes and universities”

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The European Commission president has offered Canada the chance to become “the first associate member of the EU”, entailing the “highest level” of cooperation across technology, defence, manufacturing and the Arctic www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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Von der Leyen offers Canada first associate EU membership - Research Professional News

Commission chief “opens door” to “highest level” collaboration on technology and more

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Concern over ‘limited’ scope of EU Innovation Act www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The head of the European Space Agency has called on Esa’s member governments to help secure an estimated €1 billion investment over 10 years to boost Europe’s space exploration capabilities www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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European Space Agency asks governments to fund exploration - Research Professional News

Call comes with warning of “widening” gap between Europe and leading space powers

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The Guild @guildeu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📣 Jan Palmowski on FP10 budget funding cuts ⤵️ 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘙𝘊 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 “𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨” 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘸𝘴𝘬𝘪. 𝘏𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘐𝘊 𝘢𝘳𝘦, “𝘪𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦”, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘚𝘊𝘈 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 “𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘴”

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Protecting science...requires guarding the people, practices and freedoms that make reliable knowledge possible", argues Baraa Khuder www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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To protect science in the AI era, train researchers better - Research Professional News

Universities must guide on how distrust is manufactured and how misconduct operates, says Baraa Khuder

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As universities face calls to provide better guidance on the use of AI, four researchers share their own experiences: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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How to use AI in research - Research Professional News

As universities face calls to provide better guidance, four researchers relate their own AI experiences

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Member states back bids to host EU’s AI Gigafactories www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Free-to-read opinion: A "27-capital campaign" is needed to push a budget of at least €200 billion for the EU's next research and innovation programme, writes @bearore.bsky.social www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Free to read: The success rate for the latest ERC Starting Grant round has dropped to just 8.8 per cent—a fall of well over a third in two years—amid a record number of applications www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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ERC Starting Grant success rate below 9% amid record demand - Research Professional News

Number of non-European winners almost doubles as success rate falls for second year running

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“All indications” point to the next version of the EU’s research and innovation programme getting a “significant” budget increase, Irish presidency says www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The use of AI for life sciences research and innovation in the EU requires “strategic coordination” by policymakers, including around funding, a report has advised www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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Use of AI for biology ‘requires strategic coordination’ from EU - Research Professional News

Experts set out recommendations, including for research funding to fill data gaps and attract talent

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Universities in Italy are set to receive a modest increase in public funding and a new mechanism to finance strategic initiatives, the government has announced www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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Italy announces small increase in university funding - Research Professional News

Main public funding scheme adds new measure for universities to finance strategic projects

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Research cooperation between the EU and China has been limited to “basic research in targeted areas”, with negotiations on wider R&I cooperation “now on pause for the foreseeable future” www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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EU-China research cooperation limited to ‘targeted areas’ - Research Professional News

Negotiations for wider R&I cooperation “now on pause for the foreseeable future”, says Commission

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Participation in the EU’s Earth observation satellite programme, Copernicus, delivers benefits that even a leading mid-sized power such as the UK could not replicate on its own, a study has found www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

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EU Earth observation benefits ‘not replicable’ alone, UK study finds - Research Professional News

Participation gives UK data access and mission influence, and provides EU with expertise, study finds

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

MEPs have written to the European Commission to express concerns about what they suggested are design flaws in a consultation on funding public-public and public-private partnerships under the EU’s next research and innovation programme: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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MEPs criticise design of European partnerships consultation - Research Professional News

Design of call for views on EU R&I programme’s joint funding schemes blasted as “inappropriate”

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Funders are grappling with major shifts in research funding, assessment and publishing, according to the head of the Dutch Research Council (NWO), who told us about its work on a plan for how to respond to these factors and others www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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NWO head: research funders are grappling with big changes - Research Professional News

Dutch Research Council president Marcel Levi tells RPN how the funder is planning to adapt

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