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Craig Nicholson

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Senior editor at Research Professional News, mainly editing European research, innovation and higher education policy news

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 23m
Free to read: European Universities Initiative alliances have cautiously welcomed a European Commission hint at a new phase of support but called for funding changes to help them drive Europe’s strategic goals www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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University alliances want funding shift as EU signals renewed backing - Research Professional News
“Alliances 2.0” hint brings call for greater support to help initiative drive EU’s strategic goals
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 18h
EU unveils plan to slash number of R&I partnerships, sparking warning of “long-term damage to capacity” www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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EU unveils plan to slash number of R&I partnerships - Research Professional News
European Open Science Cloud says “unacceptable” proposed termination of current form “risks inflicting long-term damage”
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 19h
Free to read: Pioneers of mirror-image reactions share chemistry Nobel www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
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Pioneers of mirror-image reactions share chemistry Nobel - Research Professional News
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win prize for bringing laboratory reactions closer to life’s selectivity
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.
The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Free to read: ‘Tenacious’ neutrino experiment visionary wins solo physics Nobel but stresses importance of collaboration www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
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‘Tenacious’ neutrino experiment visionary wins solo physics Nobel - Research Professional News
But winner Francis Halzen emphasises role of collaborators and of “luck”
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Parliament to counter Council in seeking 2027 budget uplifts for Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Researchers sound alarm over EU’s regulatory bonfires www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The 2026 Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to researchers in Germany and the US who found a way to activate biological cells using light, which is now being used to study human organs and look for ways to treat disease www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
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Work on light-activated protein bags 2026 physiology Nobel - Research Professional News
Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth awarded prize for method illuminating brain function
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology must be reformed to be worth keeping, university associations have indicated www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Free to read: The EU must apply the economic principle of creative destruction to its future research and innovation funding programmes, according to the European Commission’s top R&I official www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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EU R&I chief wants ‘creative destruction’ and Horizon opening - Research Professional News
Top Commission official calls for openness to “dynamic innovators” and exploration of “alternative funding methods”
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘Doorstopper’ report stresses EU’s research translation weakness www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lead Erasmus+ MEP hopes Council will back €47.4bn budget www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Free to read: Horizon Europe budget shortfall already more than €150bn www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Horizon Europe budget shortfall already more than €150bn - Research Professional News
Commission says EU R&I programme now unable to fund 75 per cent of high-quality applications
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Free to read: Leaders condemn Russia’s ‘barbaric’ attack on Ukrainian academy www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Leaders condemn Russia’s ‘barbaric’ attack on Ukrainian academy - Research Professional News
At least one person reportedly killed in “deliberate targeting of a place of learning”
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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: Research security: risks, benefits and ways forward www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Research security: risks, benefits and ways forward - Research Professional News
Institutions and researchers must navigate a security minefield—academic engagement and policy reforms are crucial
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Free to read: EU qualifications package ‘could boost researcher mobility’ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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EU qualifications package ‘could boost researcher mobility’ - Research Professional News
But success of recognition plan relies on resolving further barriers for researchers, academic leaders warn
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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 · 23/09/2026
Commission moves to let Hungary back into Horizon Europe www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Commission moves to let Hungary back into Horizon Europe - Research Professional News
EU governments also asked to restore country’s access to Erasmus+ and €4.2 billion cohesion funds
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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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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Closer EU-Canada academic ties ‘a home run’, with mooted Erasmus+ association potentially ‘extremely positive’ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Closer EU-Canada academic ties ‘a home run’ - Research Professional News
Prospect of Canadian association to Erasmus+ “requires considerable thought” but could be “extremely positive”
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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
Free to read: EU advised to do more to support open access www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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EU advised to do more to support open access - Research Professional News
Analysis of OA policies across 35 countries finds “progress” but also “persistent fragmentation”
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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
Research leaders lament ‘missed opportunity’ of EU chief’s annual State of the Union address www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Research leaders lament ‘missed opportunity’ of EU chief’s address - Research Professional News
State of the Union speech brings renewed calls for EU to boost investment in research
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Plan set out for ‘seamless’ recognition of qualifications in EU, to ease worker mobility www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Plan set out for ‘seamless’ recognition of qualifications in EU - Research Professional News
Commission proposes digitisation of qualifications, including PhDs, to boost worker mobility
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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 · 15/09/2026
Institutional leaders and politicians urged to do more to help reverse a decline in academic freedom around the world www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
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Universities urged to help reverse decline in academic freedom - Research Professional News
Scholars at Risk reports “deteriorating global conditions” but also “reason for hope”
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
EU still split on creating new funding councils for next research and innovation programme www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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EU still split on creating new funding councils for FP10 - Research Professional News
Leading MEP appeals to research and innovation commissioner to help “bridge this difference”
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Three-quarters of researchers unsure what use of AI to disclose www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
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Three-quarters of researchers unsure what use of AI to disclose - Research Professional News
Oxford University Press finds disclosure gap, as it and Springer Nature update usage guidance
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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
EU Innovation Act aims to boost growth of R&D-based companies www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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EU Innovation Act aims to boost growth of R&D-based companies - Research Professional News
Commission says public procurement could help EU spend 3 per cent of GDP on R&D
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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 · 09/09/2026
Moves to cut budget of next EU research and innovation programme ‘threaten Europe’s competitiveness’ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Moves to cut FP10 budget ‘threaten Europe’s competitiveness’ - Research Professional News
Next EU research and innovation programme needs at least €200 billion, sector leaders warn
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Structural reforms urged to enable young researchers to take risks www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
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Structural reforms urged to enable young researchers to take risks - Research Professional News
Paper calls for stable careers and creativity-focused assessment, but authors pessimistic about seeing meaningful change
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Project aims to join up Europe’s ‘fragmented’ science advice www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Project aims to join up Europe’s ‘fragmented’ science advice - Research Professional News
Coordinator of EU-funded initiative wants a “truly connected” science-for-policy ecosystem
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Funders urged to press researchers on reproducibility www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Funders urged to press researchers on reproducibility - Research Professional News
EU-backed team says funders can drive culture change to boost trust in science
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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 · 01/09/2026
European and African universities urge support for equal partnership www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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European and African universities urge support for equal partnership - Research Professional News
University leaders pledge “redoubled” collaboration but call for policy backing and acknowledgement of past inequalities
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
R&I funding at risk from frugal EU leaders’ desire for cuts www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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R&I funding at risk from frugal EU leaders’ desire for cuts - Research Professional News
Reductions to Commission proposal for 2028-34 must be made in all areas, say cash-conscious leaders
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
EU project aims to embed reproducibility in research www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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EU project aims to embed reproducibility in research - Research Professional News
Rewire project intended to make reproducibility “standard” rather than an “additional burden”
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