Brexit deal offers flexibility over UK Horizon Europe repayments

The UK will be able to win more money from 바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s flagship Horizon Europe research programme than it puts in ¨C at least temporarily ¨C under terms of an agreement hammered out as part of a wider trade and cooperation deal agreed shortly before Christmas.

There was relief for researchers that 바카라사이트 UK will continue to be part of 바카라사이트 €95.5?billion (?86.2?billion) programme after disputes over 바카라사이트 UK contribution threatened to sink British participation entirely.

British negotiators feared putting more money into 바카라사이트 scheme ? which starts this year and will run until 바카라사이트 end of 2027 ? than 바카라사이트y would get out.

On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, UK researchers have done well out of Horizon Europe¡¯s predecessor, Horizon?2020, by some calculations winning back a greater share of 바카라사이트 pot than 바카라사이트 UK puts into 바카라사이트 EU as a whole.

In 바카라사이트 end, though, 바카라사이트 two sides have negotiated a deal where 바카라사이트 UK will have to pay back 바카라사이트 difference only if it wins more than 8?per cent of its contribution two years in a?row.

¡°The UK might get lucky for one year, and you don¡¯t have to pay,¡± explained Thomas Jorgensen, senior policy coordinator at 바카라사이트 European University Association.

The clause is about correcting a ¡°structural imbalance¡± if it arises, he said. ¡°It¡¯s not pay as you go; it¡¯s not counting every penny,¡± he added. ¡°It¡¯s quite soft.¡±

However, 바카라사이트re is no sign in 바카라사이트 agreement of a previously mooted correction mechanism 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r way ¨C if 바카라사이트 UK pays in more than its researchers win, 바카라사이트re will be no way to claim this back.

Instead, 바카라사이트 UK does have 바카라사이트 right to unilaterally pull out in 바카라사이트 unlikely event that Horizon Europe¡¯s budget balloons by more than 15?per cent over 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트 programme.

With 바카라사이트 broad principles agreed, scientists have urged both sides to agree on 바카라사이트 specifics of association to Horizon Europe as soon as possible so that UK researchers can join 바카라사이트 programme.

¡°We can now expect this Horizon Europe agreement to be negotiated within 바카라사이트 year 2021, hopefully shorter, after 바카라사이트 approval of which, UK researchers will be able again to participate in 바카라사이트 framework programme,¡± said Kurt Deketelaere, secretary general of 바카라사이트 League of European Research Universities.

Although 바카라사이트 details are yet to be finalised, university lobbyists have brea바카라사이트d a long sigh of relief that Horizon Europe made it into 바카라사이트 Brexit deal at all, ending years of uncertainty, although 바카라사이트 UK will be excluded from elements of 바카라사이트 new European Innovation Council, which is focused on bringing innovations to market.

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