Ljubljana (Slovenia), 6 December 2004 Dear participants, Dear colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to speak to you in this morning¡¯s plenary session on the challenge we face to...
Brussels, 08 Apr 2005 A group of high level experts has presented the European Commission with a list of 23 examples of scientific infrastructure which it believes Europe will need in the coming...
Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 A call for proposals for 'Entrepreneurial innovation: networking key players and users' has been launched by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)....
A review of the social sciences discovers that a funding imbalance is the main cause of problems besetting research and recruitment. Becky McCall reports A review of the social sciences has found a...
Brussels, 06 Apr 2005 The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and the Framework Programme for Competitiveness and Innovation (CIP) must be complementary by essence. The synergies between the programmes...
Brussels, 20 Sep 2004 A new report commissioned by the Dutch EU Presidency has called for an overhaul of Europe's information and communication technologies (ICT) policy, identifying ten '...
Paris, 17 Sep 2004 The Association A¨¦ronautique & Astronautique de France (AAAF) has awarded two of its annual prizes to the European Space Agency, more specifically to its Director General,...
Paris, 18 Mar 2004 A new ESA initiative got underway this week to speed up the turnaround time from idea to product. The aim is to support the fast introduction of breakthrough innovations in the...
Paris, 18 Mar 2004 A new ESA initiative got underway this week to speed up the turnaround time from idea to product. The aim is to support the fast introduction of breakthrough innovations in the...
Brussels, 6 February 2006 What are GMOs? Genetic modification, also known as "genetic engineering” or “recombinant-DNA technology” was first applied in the 1970&...
Brussels, 01 Jul 2003 The European Space Agency (ESA), the European Commission and Europe's space industry have come together to create a master plan for space technology research and development (R...
Brussels, 14 October 2005 A regular look at what’s going on the world of European research, showing the breadth and diversity of EU-funded research projects. In this issue: Bridging the...
Brussels, 16 June 2004 The European Commission has today proposed increasing the European Union¡¯s research funding to an average of €10 billion a year for the duration of the next framework...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2005 'Concentrating our efforts in Europe on knowledge has no real alternative. I do not underestimate the problems that we currently face,' concluded EU Commissioner for Science and...
Bremerhaven, 15 July 2005 Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to convey the best wishes of the European Commission, and in particular those of the Member of the Commission responsible for...