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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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Ministers on course to firm up independence of European Research Council and European Innovation Council, negotiation update reveals

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December 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Germany news: National research funder DFG welcomes EU agreement on genetically modified plants

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December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Germany news: Funder and ministers argue against petition for ban on using monkeys in research

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December 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Free to read: UK tops ‘competitive’ ERC Consolidator Grant round

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December 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Research leaders praise MEP’s move to steer ERA Act

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December 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Free to read: Academies welcome EU deal on genetically modified crops

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December 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Provisional Norwegian budget plan protects research

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December 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Danish report says basic research is key to competitiveness

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December 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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💬 EUA Secretary General Amanda Crowfoot said the #FP10 recommendations “should be viewed as an integrated package, as many of the proposedadjustments are interdependent”. But she too emphasised the importance of the ECF relations and the need for expert steering of pillar two.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Will ERC’s Plus Grants boost European research?

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As some fear “wasteful” low success rate, senior figures welcome extra funding without political direction
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December 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Sector bands together in major effort to shape design of EU's next research and innovation programme

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“Strong and united message” aims to secure “conditions needed to deliver excellent research and competitiveness”
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December 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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European Research Council’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage, but not to holders of ongoing ERC grants, funder reveals

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November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Free to read: Record €22.1bn budget agreed for European Space Agency, including boost for science programme

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November 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Commission sets out plans to boost EU bioeconomy

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November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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[email protected] , EUA director of higher education policy, said: “Since 2021, commitment to #sustainability has increased across the European higher education sector, both in terms of strategies and concerted actions.
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Funding still main obstacle to sustainability, say European university leaders

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November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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EU advised to add societal welfare moonshots to next research and innovation programme

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November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Italy news: Academia in uproar over government push for control

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November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Funding still main obstacle to sustainability, say European university leaders

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November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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France and Germany team up on two AI initiatives

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November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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France news: University leaders and unions reject ‘flawed’ antisemitism survey

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November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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MEPs urge more action to protect academic freedom in Hungary

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November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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EU member states advised to invest in R&D and Stem skills

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November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Free to read: Erasmus+ budget for 2028-34 ‘doesn’t go far enough’

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November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Swiss funder sounds alarm over all-time high demand it can’t meet

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November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Germany news: New astrophysics and chemistry centres ‘will raise international standards’

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November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM