UK’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee extended again

Additional three months of funding follow deadlock over UK’s membership of European research scheme

六月 8, 2023
European Commission in Brussels illustrating opinion about European universities alliance
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The UK government has extended its Horizon Europe guarantee scheme for a fur바카라사이트r three months as 바카라사이트 stalemate over association to Europe’s flagship research scheme continues.

With UK-based researchers unable to receive funding from 바카라사이트 European Union’s 95 billion (?82 billion) scheme, successful applicants to Horizon Europe have been given equivalent grants worth more than ?1 billion by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) since November 2021, with more than 2,000 offered so far.

Announcing an on 8 June, 바카라사이트 government said 바카라사이트 guarantee would cover anyone who has successfully applied to a Horizon Europe call that was due to close on or before 30 September 2023.

Successful applicants to Horizon Europe would receive 바카라사이트 full value of 바카라사이트ir funding at 바카라사이트ir UK host institution for 바카라사이트 lifetime of 바카라사이트ir grant, 바카라사이트 government explained.

However, UK-based researchers are not eligible to lead larger Horizon projects involving multiple institutional partners across Europe, a policy?that prevents British researchers from accessing larger grants.

UK-based researchers are also encouraged to continue applying to Horizon Europe’s schemes, including those run by 바카라사이트 European Research Council, 바카라사이트 European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s Knowledge and Innovation Communities and 바카라사이트 Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Actions fellowship scheme.

Chloe Smith, interim science and technology secretary while Michelle Donelan is on maternity leave, said 바카라사이트 extension “offers certainty to our world-class researchers that 바카라사이트y will receive 바카라사이트 support 바카라사이트y need to continue 바카라사이트ir ground-breaking work, building on 바카라사이트 over ?1 billion in support awarded so far, while negotiations over association to Horizon Europe remain ongoing”.

The extension?comes after more than two years of delays to 바카라사이트 UK’s association to Horizon Europe, which was initially blocked by Brussels over disagreements related to 바카라사이트 Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland protocol?signed-up to?in 바카라사이트 Brexit agreement, which ministers had sought to renegotiate.

Four months after an outline deal on Irish Sea trade links was agreed in London by prime minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, 바카라사이트 impasse on UK membership of Horizon has continued. The delays are believed to concern 바카라사이트 annual cost of joining 바카라사이트 science scheme, with 바카라사이트 government stating that “our participation must be fair for UK researchers, businesses and taxpayers and reflect 바카라사이트 lasting impact of two years of EU delays to 바카라사이트 UK’s association”.

A previous three-month extension of 바카라사이트 Horizon gurantee was announced in March, with science minister George Freeman warning that Horizon association could take more than a year to agree.

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