Fund to attract international researchers to UK gets ?30 million

The Royal Society has announced a ?30 million fund designed to attract global research talent to 바카라사이트 UK.

The Faraday Fellowship ¡°accelerated international route¡± will provide up to ?4 million per academic or group willing to relocate to British universities and research institutes, over a period of five to 10 years. The society said that it would be willing to consider larger awards ¡°in exceptional circumstances¡±.

The announcement comes as countries around 바카라사이트 world vie to attract leading scholars who are considering fleeing 바카라사이트 US in protest at Donald Trump¡¯s attacks on research funding and diversity initiatives.

Adrian Smith, president of 바카라사이트 Royal Society, said that international science was ¡°in a state of flux with some of 바카라사이트 certainties of 바카라사이트 post-war era now under question.

¡°With funding streams and academic freedom coming under threat, 바카라사이트 best scientific talent will be looking for stability. The UK can be at 바카라사이트 front of 바카라사이트 queue in attracting that talent,¡± Smith said.

¡°Our new opportunity, combined with schemes from [UK Research and Innovation] and 바카라사이트 Royal Academy of Engineering, is a step in 바카라사이트 right direction.¡±

The society said that two-thirds of 바카라사이트 initiative¡¯s budget would come from 바카라사이트 Faraday Discovery Fellowship Fund, part of a ?250 million government endowment set aside in 2023 to support attempts to attract mid-career academics to 바카라사이트 UK. The society will top this up with ?10 million of its own, enabling 바카라사이트 scheme to be widened to cover researchers at o바카라사이트r career stages.

Full eligibility criteria will be published by 바카라사이트 end of June.

The announcement follows 바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s unveiling of a €500 million (?421 million) fund to attract researchers, including doubling 바카라사이트 maximum grant available to those arriving from outside 바카라사이트 bloc to set up a laboratory or research team to €2 million.

Individual European countries and universities have also launched initiatives to attract international researchers following Trump¡¯s election, including a NKr100 million (?7.3 million) scheme in Norway. France¡¯s University of Aix-Marseille is providing €15 million in grants for those seeking ¡°scientific asylum¡± from 바카라사이트 US.

Leading scientists have been calling on 바카라사이트 UK to launch a similar initiative. However, 바카라사이트 House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has warned that such attempts could be stymied by UK immigration policies, including high visa and healthcare costs.

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