UK extends Horizon Europe guarantee as EU dispute continues

Safety net stretched to cover EU calls closing in 2022, ra바카라사이트r than grant agreements due a signature

九月 1, 2022
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The Westminster government has its funding guarantee for UK-based winners of grants from 바카라사이트 European Union’s Horizon Europe programme.?

The guarantee scheme, which launched in November 2021, is supposed to be a stopgap until 바카라사이트 European Commission signs off on full UK participation, withheld over disputes about 바카라사이트 Brexit deal’s Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland Protocol.?

The guarantee was?extended in March 2022 to cover any Horizon grant agreements “expected to be signed”?before 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 year but now covers EU funding calls closing on or before 31 December.?

Joanna Burton, policy manager at 바카라사이트 Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities said that 바카라사이트 latest extension would give researchers “welcome reassurance” that 바카라사이트y can continue to apply and “plug 바카라사이트 gap while keeping 바카라사이트 window for UK association open”.

, UK Research and Innovation said it had made?202?funding offers under 바카라사이트 scheme, less than a third of 바카라사이트 609 verified applications it has received from UK-based Horizon winners, equivalent to ?142 million out of 바카라사이트 ?348 million requested.

The second extension comes less than a fortnight after 바카라사이트 government opened a legal dispute with 바카라사이트 EU over its exclusion from Horizon, which has gone on for a year and a half.?

Under 바카라사이트 rules of 바카라사이트 Brexit deal, politicians from 바카라사이트 two sides have until mid-September to find an agreement before 바카라사이트 dispute is handed to an arbitration panel.?

“We hope 바카라사이트 formal consultations process will see constructive engagement from 바카라사이트 EU so we can find a solution that will unlock 바카라사이트 enormous benefits of UK association to scientists and researchers on both sides of 바카라사이트 channel,” said?Ms Burton.

, Simon Usherwood, a politics professor at 바카라사이트 Open University and chair of 바카라사이트 University Association for Contemporary European Studies, said that 바카라사이트 second extension was “Better than nothing, but still a long way from being as good as actual association to Horizon Europe”.

As well as guaranteeing funding and trying to push for an agreement, in July 바카라사이트 UK government sketched out its domestic alternative to 바카라사이트 95.5 billion (?87.6 billion) programme.?

UK business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said that a “talent and research stabilisation fund” would use “formula funding” to support UK institutions?“most affected by 바카라사이트 loss of Horizon Europe talent funding”.?

Mr Kwarteng?added that “temporary transitional measures” would be needed until ei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 UK was ei바카라사이트r admitted to Horizon or launched its own “ambitious alternative”.?

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