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Science|Business Funding Newswire No. 94 | 17 February 2026 | Sign up here 

Your source for funding analyses & insight 

Welcome to this week’s Science|Business Funding Newswire


It's a big week for innovation. EU leaders have finally endorsed Enrico Letta's plan to deepen the single market, for which the former Italian prime minister now wants the EU to propose a One Market Act. Underpinning measures include his “fifth freedom” for research and innovation and the creation of a 28th regime for rapid company formation.


Also in innovation news, the UK government has been told to expand funding for proof-of-concept grants, while Germany’s Fraunhofer Society has launched a new spin-out fund open to innovators from the country’s other research organisations.


Back in Brussels, European Commission officials are looking for ways to get public bodies to buy more innovative solutions from European start-ups.


In research news, Russia has forced the last German scientific institution still operating in the country to shut down its office, as its rift with Western science widens.


Finally, this week’s Funding Radar highlights research funding opportunities in the European Defence Fund, and the Data Corner explores India’s links with Horizon Europe.

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

FUNDING INTELLIGENCE

EU leaders welcome Enrico Letta plan to deepen single market


Former Italian prime minister proposes One Market Act, including free flow of research and innovation, and 28th company regime

Russia severs its last ties with German science


Declaration that the German Academic Exchange Service is “undesirable” is the latest sign of a deepening rift between Russian science and the West

Expand funding for proof-of-concept grants, UK review recommends


A new analysis of the UK’s university spin-out scene argues the country lags the EU when funding early-stage technology development

Fraunhofer boosts its spin-out ‘transmission belt’ fund by €90M


The revamped fund will now support innovations from Germany’s other research organisations

Europe should rethink innovation procurement, says senior Commission aide


Zaharieva staffer Manuel Aleixo talks plans to boost confidence in buying innovative solutions from EU start-ups

Funding radar: European Defence Fund calls for research


Seven calls for collaborative research, two spin-in actions and one innovation challenge are open for proposals until September 29

THE DATA CORNER

Data corner: India’s starting point in Horizon Europe


India has just opened association talks with the EU. But so far, there are few joint projects to build on

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UPCOMING

17 February. A European Commission workshop on how transdisciplinary can drive innovation from lab to market. Register here.


18 February. Learn about sustainability-driven innovation projects from central Europe supported by the EU's Interregional Innovation Investments programme. Register here to attend in Brussels.


19 February. A European Commission workshop on the valorisation of multidisciplinary research results. Register here.


20 February. Science Europe explores open science policy in the context of rebuilding Ukraine’s R&I ecosystem. Register here.


24 February. Germany’s information hub for European research funding, KoWI, discusses Horizon Europe’s knowledge valorisation norms and standards. Register to join here.


24 February. Info day for Horizon Europe's New European Bauhaus Facility calls. Tune in here.


4 March. The European Parliament's think-tank Panel for the Future of Science and Technology hosts conference on academic freedom and democracy. Register or follow the livestream here.

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