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This Annual Report provides an overview of the progress and achievements of Science Europe across the research policy topics that it worked on in 2025, including FP10 development, research culture, trust in science, research security, Artificial Intelligence, research assessment, environmental sustainability, inclusion, and open access.

Science Europe has joined a coalition of European research and innovation organisations in publishing a joint statement MSCA: Research Talent is Europe's Strategic Advantage.

Bottom-up research underpins long-term competitiveness and innovation. Science Europe supports creating a dedicated instrument in Horizon Europe 2028–2034 to strengthen collaborative, researcher-driven approaches. Complementing existing schemes, it would boost scientific capacity across Europe. Science Europe welcomes this momentum and stands ready to help shape the most effective implementation.

This report summarises the key outcomes of Science Europe’s webinar Driving Environmental Sustainability in Research Organisations: Building Institutional Strategies for Change, held on 23 January 2026. Bringing together experts from across the research and innovation landscape, the webinar examined how research organisations can develop and implement effective sustainability strategies, strengthen governance arrangements, and integrate environmental considerations throughout their activities.

This report summarises the discussions and recommendations from Science Europe’s webinar 'Equality and Inclusion: Strengthening Excellence in Research,' highlighting how research organisations, funders, and policy makers can foster more inclusive research environments, address structural inequalities and gender-based violence, and support under-represented groups across the research ecosystem.

The Bengaluru Roadmap and Action Plan is the outcome document of the 3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access, organised in Bengaluru, India, from 2-6 February 2026.

These recommendations set out minimum standards for careers in research to strengthen working conditions, research environments, and professional development across the research system. By promoting co-ordination, collaboration, and advocacy, they aim to transform existing good practices into systemic changes that improve research professionals' daily working lives across Europe and beyond.

This Position Statement presents a shared vision of aligned assessment systems and open science principles to strengthen research and innovation systems. It makes recommendations to guide a strategic alignment of key actions and interventions by RFOs and RPOs.

This report provides an overview of the presentations and discussions at the December 2025 ‘Trust in Science’ conference, co-organised by Science Europe and ANR. It highlights key factors that shape public trust in science and makes recommendations to strengthen the conditions that underpin that trust.

This report summarises the discussions from the third webinar the NRFU–Science Europe Webinar Series 'Building Capacity in the Ukrainian Research and Innovation Ecosystem,' exploring how research funding and performing organisations integrate Open Science principles into assessment systems, funding conditions, and research practices, with a focus on strengthening the Ukrainian research and innovation ecosystem. 

Science Europe has published a new position on the future of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), calling for a stable and sustainable framework under the next EU research and innovation programme (FP10).

This report highlights the key discussions of the 2025 High Level Workshop on maintaining strong international collaboration while addressing growing geopolitical tensions and research security considerations.

This report presents the outcomes of a collaborative workshop held during the 2025 Responsible Research in Action Unconference in Berlin, where diverse stakeholders worked together to translate the Science Europe Vision and Framework for Research Cultures into concrete actions. Through forward-looking analysis and backcasting exercises, participants co-developed ideas to help shape a more inclusive, ethical, and sustainable research culture across Europe.

Science Europe has submitted its response to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on the Skills Portability Initiative, outlining how better recognition and portability of research skills can strengthen mobility and careers across the European Research Area.

On the fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine, Science Europe and its Member Organisations reaffirm their solidarity with the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU), and the wider Ukrainian research community.

Science Europe has responded to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on the Action Plan for Women in Research, Innovation and Start-ups, setting out concrete proposals to strengthen equality, diversity, and inclusion across Europe’s research and innovation systems.

Science Europe has responded to the European Commission Call-for-Evidence on a Fair Labour Mobility Package, emphasising that equitable and inclusive career and mobility opportunities for research professionals are central to the effectiveness, attractiveness, and quality of the European Research Area. The response builds on Science Europe’s long-standing commitment to improving research careers and mobility, as reflected in its previous policy positions and activities on careers and working conditions in research.

This report summarises the discussions and key conclusions of the second webinar in the NRFU–Science Europe Webinar Series 'Building Capacity in the Ukrainian Research and Innovation Ecosystem,' which explored monitoring tools for R&D projects.