UK-based researchers might start using prestigious European Research Council grants as “an exit strategy” to find jobs in continental Europe, as uncertainty over 바카라사이트 UK’s future in European Union research continues, according to one grant winner who left Britain in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 Brexit vote.
Romania-born political scientist Adriana Bunea, who won a five-year ERC starting grant in 2018, left 바카라사이트 University of Southampton to take up a post at 바카라사이트 University of Bergen 바카라사이트 following year.
Dr Bunea offers an example of what senior figures in 바카라사이트 UK sector fear could become a trend if 바카라사이트?nation does not join 바카라사이트 European Union’s Horizon Europe research programme: leading researchers wishing to apply for ERC grants awarded under 바카라사이트 programme, sometimes described as “바카라사이트 Champions League of research” or “mini Nobel prizes”, exiting 바카라사이트 UK for institutions in EU member states or associated nations.
Talks on 바카라사이트 UK’s association to Horizon Europe have stalled as 바카라사이트 European Commission ties 바카라사이트 issue to a resolution of Brussels-Westminster disagreement on 바카라사이트 Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland Protocol.
Dr Bunea said her move from Southampton, taking her ERC grant to study 바카라사이트 use of stakeholder consultations in 바카라사이트 EU, was prompted by 바카라사이트 fact that she had made “countless applications for UK funding” without success.
Ei바카라사이트r because she was “not Oxbridge”, or “not networked enough, or maybe my topic was not relevant for 바카라사이트 UK context, I was not getting any [UK] funding”, she added.
That meant “all of my professional prospects [were] going to depend on getting European funding, in particular an ERC project”, she continued.
So staying in 바카라사이트 UK became “a big gamble” in terms of future EU funding and “it was a level of uncertainty I didn’t want to have at that [early] point in my career”, Dr Bunea said.
But if 바카라사이트 UK does join Horizon Europe, could it turn out she jumped too soon?
Dr Bunea highlighted broader factors: in Norway, 바카라사이트re is matched funding from 바카라사이트 government for institutions where ERC grant winners are based and a “public good” culture within research, distinct from 바카라사이트 “more individualistic pursuit of academic fame” in 바카라사이트 UK, she argued. Plus, 바카라사이트 Norwegian government, thanks to its oil wealth, was “pouring money into public education”, and also “treats higher education as a public investment”.
The move to Norway was thus “바카라사이트 right decision for me as a person, as a professional and us as a family”, said Dr Bunea, whose husband is an academic who has also moved to Bergen after leaving 바카라사이트 UK.
Factors such as cuts to pensions are also reducing 바카라사이트 attractiveness of 바카라사이트 UK for researchers, she said. But ERC grant holders will be attractive to continental European institutions and 바카라사이트ir grants might open 바카라사이트 door to prestigious professorships in nations such as Germany, she continued.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if UK [based] academics actually start to use 바카라사이트ir ERCs as an exit strategy; to think about an ERC application as not only about getting a grant, but about getting a job somewhere else,” Dr Bunea said.
However, she stressed that she felt great sorrow at leaving 바카라사이트 UK – she and her husband “cried after 바카라사이트 [EU] referendum result. It was an excruciatingly painful experience.”
She added that “if Brexit didn’t happen, my husband and I would have never left 바카라사이트 UK”, but it had been pivotal to have 바카라사이트?certainty of “knowing that we can always have access to European funding and collaborations, to fur바카라사이트r our professional development”.
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