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Science|Business Funding Newswire No. 91 | 27 January 2026 | Sign up here 

Your source for funding analyses & insight 

Welcome to this week’s Science|Business Funding Newswire


The week our spotlight falls on China, which is largely barred from Horizon Europe this year. We break down the rules for Chinese participation and, in the Data Corner, explore where EU-Chinese collaboration may be affected most.  


Next up, strategic thinking in south-east Europe. Read why Romania and Bulgaria, two countries passed over in the first wave of EU quantum computer building, are developing alternative projects to stay in the global quantum race.


In innovation news, David Matthews dives into the reasons why science-based start-ups have a harder time scaling up and finds out that timing is key.


Elsewhere, there is good news for the life sciences sector. The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded its biggest grant to date, €736 million, to Denmark’s BioInnovation Institute, to scale up its support for start-ups. The Institute is also looking for like-minded funders willing to replicate its approach elsewhere in Europe.


Finally, this week’s Funding Radar highlights a £3 million call for projects developing novel, usable ways of measuring scientific output.

Articles featured in the Funding Newswire are available for individual subscribers or members of the Science|Business Network. 

FUNDING INTELLIGENCE

Explained: China has been kicked out of most of Horizon Europe


Here’s how EU research participation rules are changing, starting this year

Romania and Bulgaria build quantum expertise beyond Europe’s new computers


To stay in the quantum race, Romania and Bulgaria are developing quantum communications, applications and educational programmes

Why deep-tech start-ups receive venture capital too late


Science-based ideas are slow to win money, study finds, underscoring the need for the European Innovation Council to fund start-ups quickly

Novo Nordisk Foundation commits €736M to early-stage innovation


Record grant will allow Denmark’s BioInnovation Institute to scale up support for life science and deep tech innovation

Funding Radar: £3M for new ways to measure scientific output


UK Research and Innovation will run idea workshops and fund 12-month projects on usable novel scientometric indicators

THE DATA CORNER

Data Corner: China favours EU food and environment research


China’s participation in Horizon Europe is strongest in bioeconomy, agriculture and environment calls. New EU restrictions may change that

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28 January. An info day for Horizon Europe's AI, data and robotics partnership. Register here to follow in Brussels or online.


28 January. A panel debate on the changes to the UK's public research funding system and how far research organisations should go to address government missions. Register here.


29 January. A conference discussing the impact of the EU’s post-pandemic recovery fund. Register here to attend in Brussels or stream online.


30 January. NTNU hosts talk with the European Strategy on Research and Technology Infrastructures with the European Commission’s Agnès Robin. Register here.


3 February. Start-ups host an EU policy reality check in Brussels. The agenda includes chat with Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva and a mock simulation of a European start-up’s journey from idea to exit. Request to attend here.


5 February. CEPS think tank hosts a webinar on building a research agenda for women’s health. Register here.

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