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By including environmental sustainability into the next Horizon Europe Framework Programme as an integral priority, the programme can help strengthen the resilience, efficiency, and competitiveness of European R&I systems.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Science Europe has responded to the European Commission’s public consultation on the proposed European Research Area (ERA) Act, setting out the collective views of its Member Organisations on how the legislation can effectively strengthen framework conditions for research and innovation, while safeguarding academic freedom, institutional autonomy, and the diversity of national research systems.

This statement presents the overall conclusions from the 2025 High Level Workshop, co-organised by the Research Council of Norway (RCN), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and Science Europe on 18–20 November in Oslo, Norway. 

It highlights the shared commitment to strengthening a resilient, collaborative, and secure European R&I ecosystem, and outlines the key themes that emerged from the discussions.

This report provides six key policy messages as the result from a series of workshops, organised between January and June 2025 by the Task Force on Research Security. The workshops dealt with balancing openness, security, and academic freedom with policies and measures to protect national and economic security.

This scoping review examines the contributions and unintended consequences of open science in realising results that align with key research culture values such as equity, openness, integrity, care, collaboration, and autonomy.

Commissioned by Science Europe, this review is the result of a collaboration between CWTS and the Know Center.

Science Europe's recommendations on the European Innovation Act emphasise support for excellent research, breakthrough innovation, and strong alignment with the upcoming ERA Act. The Act should maintain Horizon Europe’s autonomy for R&I-focused projects, foster talent circulation, strengthen research-industry collaboration, and enhance access to Research and Technology Infrastructures.

Science Europe made excellent progress on its research policy priorities in 2024, delivering key outputs in various areas, including science communication, research assessment, open science, the sustainability of research, international collaboration, and equality, diversity, and inclusion.

This report summarises the outcomes of the 28 February webinar 'Women in Science: Celebrating Inclusion and Shaping the Future of Research'. It highlights possible avenues for research funding and research performing organisations to improve working environments by addressing equality, diversity, and inclusion.

In May, Science Europe responded to a Call for Evidence by the European Commission on a European Strategy on Research and Technology Infrastructures. The response outlines a number of considerations to be taken towards these infrastructures, which are of fundamental and strategic importance to the ERA.

On International Women's Day, Science Europe reaffirms its commitment to advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the European research ecosystem as an essential part of research quality. We aim to promote a research ecosystem where all scholars can realise their potential regardless of gender, sexual orientation, religion, disabilities, ethnic origin, or social background.

This report presents a summary of the dialogue sessions and main conclusions of the 2024 High Level Workshop that took place in Budapest on 19 and 20 November. The event was organised by Science Europe in partnership with the Hungarian Research Network (HUN-REN) and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), under the auspices of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

This statement presents the key conclusions from the 2024 High Level Workshop on 'Strengthening European Cohesion and Competitiveness through Research and Innovation' and a set of priorities for achieving this.

Science Europe responds to the global consultation on the UNESCO Draft Principles on Open Science Monitoring. The principles are a step in the right direction, aligning with the priorities and practices of Science Europe's Member Organisations.

This report analyses the role of public research funding and performing organisations in Europe in the shifting landscape of open science and research assessment reform. The findings demonstrate how Science Europe's Member Organisations actively shape and contribute to these developments.

Science Europe and RCN organised an event on reciprocity in international research collaboration to explore the critical importance of academic freedom, equitable access to scientific information and infrastructures. The conclusions highlight the need for a human-centered approach and the value of diverse knowledge systems.