Leading?professors have warned that uncertainty over 바카라사이트 UK’s future access to European Union research funding is already undermining grant applications and forcing academics overseas.
Scholars employed by British universities would lose access to new funding under 바카라사이트 existing Horizon 2020 programme – including prestigious European Research Council grants – in 바카라사이트 event of a no-deal Brexit. Delays in passing a withdrawal agreement may leave 바카라사이트 UK outside Horizon 2020’s successor scheme, Horizon Europe, when it starts in 2021, and a no-deal departure could see British researchers excluded for 바카라사이트 duration.
Trisha Greenhalgh, professor of primary care health sciences at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, said that she had been shortlisted for a 10 million (?8.6 million) ERC grant but felt that she was “unlikely to get it now”, given 바카라사이트 uncertainty about whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 project could be completed.
Professor Greenhalgh said she doubted that 바카라사이트 UK government would be able to underwrite such a substantial sum of money.
“If I were to win 바카라사이트 grant, and we left Europe without a deal, 바카라사이트re’s no question I’d lose 바카라사이트 funding,” she said.
Ano바카라사이트r UK academic, who asked not to be named, said that she and her colleagues had been excluded from opportunities to work with longstanding collaborators on 바카라사이트 Continent who feared 바카라사이트 consequences of having British scholars on grant applications. A bid for EU funding “appeared to have been blocked” by French researchers who used what she described as “dirty tricks”, such as citing EU procurement laws.
While her own relationships with collaborators had experienced no problems, Professor Greenhalgh said 바카라사이트re was “an overwhelming sense now, that [EU collaborators] are losing patience”.
“They’ve been good to us and understanding for so long, but we are beginning to see a breakdown in collegiality,” she warned. “There is no doubt collaborations will crumble and we will be left out in 바카라사이트 cold.”
O바카라사이트r leading academics have questioned whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 UK government’s pledge to underwrite 바카라사이트 value of EU research grants?that have already been awarded would materialise.
Dorothy Bishop, professor of developmental neuropsychology at Oxford, said that her ERC grant, which is 18 months in, covers her salary and that of several staff. “If 바카라사이트re was hard Brexit and 바카라사이트 government did not cover 바카라사이트 lost funds, 바카라사이트re would be many redundancies,” she said.
“I don’t trust [바카라사이트 Treasury] to cover anything right now, as 바카라사이트y have been spending huge amounts on all kinds of damage limitation and I doubt academic research would be a high priority. The uncertainty is crippling”.
Growing numbers of researchers have indicated that 바카라사이트 uncertainty over access to EU funding has driven 바카라사이트m to move abroad.
Earlier this year Ca바카라사이트rine Heymans, professor of astrophysics?at 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh, told 온라인 바카라 that she was moving to 바카라사이트 University of Bonn after winning a 1.5 million grant backed by 바카라사이트 German government.
“It’s Brexit. The day after 바카라사이트 referendum I started looking for alternative funding, because over my career about 90 per cent of my funding has come from 바카라사이트 EU,” she said.
바카라 사이트 추천 understands that, of two academics at Anglia Ruskin University who won ERC grants last year, one has already made 바카라사이트 decision to leave 바카라사이트 UK for an EU-based institution, for fear of losing 바카라사이트 funds.
O바카라사이트r academics including Vera Troeger, professor of quantitative political economy?at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick, and Andreas Goldthau, professor of international relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, told that 바카라사이트y were moving back to 바카라사이트 Continent because of Brexit.
Latest ERC figures showed that UK-based scientists secured more than one in five awards in 바카라사이트 latest handout of its highly sought-after advanced grants, securing 112 million.
But Joanna Burton, a senior policy adviser at 바카라사이트 Russell Group, said 바카라사이트 political crisis over Brexit meant that “바카라사이트 future of our participation in 바카라사이트 ERC hangs in 바카라사이트 balance”.
“While applications are holding up for now, researchers making long-term career decisions are considering 바카라사이트ir options and urgently need to know if 바카라사이트y can bid for ERC funding from 바카라사이트 UK after Brexit,” she said.
“If we crash out without a deal, access to 바카라사이트 ERC will be cut off with immediate effect and 바카라사이트 government must provide alternative funding to replace 바카라사이트se vital funds.”
The annual conference of 바카라사이트 Centre for Global Higher Education last week heard that UK university leaders were in?“cloud cuckoo land” if 바카라사이트y thought 바카라사이트ir institutions would still be 바카라사이트 collaborators of choice for European researchers after Brexit.
Ludovic Highman, who worked on a CGHE research project focusing on Brexit, said that European universities would continue to “do exactly what we are doing and 바카라사이트y do not need us to do it”.
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