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18.11.2020

Helena Pereira, President of FCT 🇵🇹, shares how the pandemic has shown the importance of open science (inc. research data), collaboration & clear communication. Cohesion & inclusiveness are key elements of the future #ERA. Society needs to see the importance of what R&I is doing.

12.11.2020

‘Tough fight’ ends in last-minute cash injection for Horizon Europe

Science Europe's Secretary General, Lidia Borrell-Damián, joins other stakeholders to explain what the new Horizon Europe budget conclusion really means for European R&I.

10.11.2020

Budget cuts could see Europe lose its next generation of researchers

Cuts to the EU research budget could mean Europe loses out on an entire generation of researchers, warned Lidia Borrell-Damián, and compromises the future of research itself.

22.10.2020

Scientists welcome German push on academic freedom

In the context of academic freedom and the Bonn Declaration, Marc Schiltz, Science Europe President, is quoted in Science|Business highlighting the struggles that researchers face today even within the European Union

21.10.2020

EU research ministers sign declaration on academic freedom

Science Europe President Marc Schiltz stresses to Research Professional in the context of the Bonn declaration that “academic freedom is of utmost importance for democratic societies to continue building Europe’s resilience.”

16.10.2020

Response to the EDPB Consultation on the concepts of controller and processor in the GDPR

In its response to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) Science Europe welcomes the detailed guidance on identifying whether controllership is joint or separate within a given collaboration and identifying an appropriate legal form to establish an agreement. However further clarification through the EDPB Guidelines would be helpful for public research organisations.

01.10.2020

‘Symbolic’ €200m research shift fails to lift budget gloom

“The negotiations are going to be tough,” highlights Lidia Borrell-Damián, Science Europe Secretary General, to Research Professional in an article on the 2021-27 EU budget.

28.09.2020

Horizon Europe funding plans pit Marie Curie scheme against EIC

Science Europe Secretary General, Lidia Borrell-Damián, highlights Research how important it is to allocate a stronger budget for Horizon Europe as a whole so we can avoid the regrettable situation where difficult decisions have to be made between Horizon Europe's instruments.

24.09.2020

EU presidencies aiming to tie up loose ends of research area

Portugal and Slovenia outlined their plans for the European Research Area in 2021 at European Research and Innovation Days 2020. Marc Schiltz, Science Europe President welcomes the ideas but outlines that there’s still a lot that needs to be done.

23.09.2020

Horizon Europe to trial blind evaluation and right of reply

Mathilde Reumaux, Senior Policy Officer at Science Europe, responds to the European Commission’s plans to update its proposal evaluation processes for Horizon Europe. It is good that initiatives are being trialed ahead of their potential broader rollout, but transparency for applicants is key.

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