The European Commission has delivered a sweeping overhaul of its flagship research programme, cutting proposal requirements and expanding lump-sum funding to protect small businesses from administrative gridlock. The European Commission has drastically simplified the application process for its €95.5 billion Horizon Europe fund following direct warnings from researchers and tech start-ups over crippling bureaucratic bottlenecks. […]
The European Commission has launched its first comprehensive policy framework to tackle the steep economic penalties of island life, though Europe’s most remote territories—including the Canary Islands—must wait for a separate update. The European Commission has unveiled a sweeping, dedicated strategy to shield Europe’s 17 million island residents from the staggering “cost of insularity.” The […]