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EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented the new European research initiative ‘Choose Europe for Science’ at the Sorbonne in Paris. The aim is to position Europe as an attractive research location worldwide and to secure scientific excellence and technological innovation in the long term.

Horizon Europe, the EU's flagship research and innovation programme for 2021-2027, is proving to be a major driver of economic and societal benefits. For every euro of costs to EU society, the programme is expected to generate up to six euros in benefits for EU citizens by 2045. In terms of economic growth, every euro of EU contribution is estimated to generate up to €11 in GDP gains by 2045, according to an evaluation of the Commission released today.

The European Commission and the Arab Republic of Egypt have successfully concluded negotiations on Egypt's association with Horizon Europe, the EU's research and innovation programme. The Association Agreement is expected to be signed by November 2025 and will enter into force after formal confirmation by both sides.

The ‘main’ Horizon Europe work programme 2025 and the amended Horizon Europe ‘main’ work programme 2023-2025 have been pre-published. These drafts have not been adopted or endorsed by the European Commission. Any views expressed are the preliminary views of the Commission services and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the Commission.The adoption of the Horizon Europe ‘main’ work programme 2025 and the amended Horizon Europe ‘main’ work programme 2023-2025 is planned for May 2025.

With a new strategy for research and technology infrastructures, the European Commission wants to ensure that researchers, innovators and industry have access to state-of-the-art facilities and services. Now it's your turn: share your ideas and help shape Europe's future in research and innovation!

The European Commission is calling on researchers and innovators to help shape the future AI strategy in science. Two consultations – a call for evidence and a targeted questionnaire – are open until 5 June 2025. The aim is to create a European research landscape that uses artificial intelligence responsibly to accelerate scientific progress.

The EU project ‘Creating NEBourhoods Together’ in Munich-Neuperlach has become a model for sustainable urban development, urban transformation and co-creation across europe. For two and a half years, more than 80 experts from administration, science, start-ups and civil society worked together with more than 100 citizens - in the middle of the neighbourhood, with real challenges.

The European Commission has published a new brochure on the Africa initiative under Horizon Europe 2021–2022. It shows impressively that the EU-Africa partnership in research and innovation is bearing fruit – in the form of 368 projects with African participation and an investment volume of around 650 million euros.

The board of trustees of the Bavarian Research Foundation decided on 4 April 2025 to support the research association "Innovations in NanoSatellites - Advanced Assembly and Interconnection Technology and Packaging, Computing Technology and Applications - FORnanoSatellites" with around 1.8 million euros.

The European Commission has published the Annotated Grant Agreement (AGA) in version 2.0 – with numerous clarifications, new notes and an interactive linking system activated for the first time. This is the most comprehensive revision since the entry into force of the new Financial Framework 2021-2027.