Pioneer¡¯s ¡®really bold¡¯ fellowships still on cards, hints Freeman

Science minister George Freeman has suggested he will shortly bring forward plans for ¡°really strong fellowships¡± outlined in 바카라사이트 UK government¡¯s Pioneer alternative to Horizon Europe.

In a speech to Vitae¡¯s annual??in Manchester, Mr Freeman said he was keen to establish some ¡°really bold fellowships¡± that would allow 바카라사이트 UK to recruit top international scientific talent in 바카라사이트 face of fierce competition for 바카라사이트se researchers.

¡°The world is hungry for talent ¨C we cannot allow our best people to go abroad, which is why we are setting out really strong fellowships here,¡± explained Mr Freeman in a recorded address on 25 September. He recalled meeting a British researcher at one of Germany¡¯s Max Planck Institutes who had been awarded a 10-year fellowship, including funding for a technician and a postdoc researcher.

That duration of funding offered 바카라사이트 job security and resource that top talent now expected, but it would also free researchers from 바카라사이트 grind of grant applications, said Mr Freeman,?saying that ¡°more dynamic, more adventurous and more agile [offers] that support people in a competitive landscape¡± were needed.

Ambitious fellowships of up to 10 years outlined in 바카라사이트 UK government¡¯s?Plan B to Horizon Europe?could be launched later this year, continued Mr Freeman, despite 바카라사이트 ?2-billion-a-year cost of?joining 바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s flagship research scheme.

¡°We have to set up more generous offers, as we set out in our Pioneer programme ¨C we are back in Horizon but I want us to continue to invest in really bold fellowships here in 바카라사이트 UK,¡± he said. ¡°Watch this space for some really important announcements.¡±

Speaking to?온라인 바카라,?Mr Freeman said prime minister Rishi Sunak¡¯s announcement of ?150 million for 50 five-year Green Future Fellowships and a ¡°similar amount for AI fellowships¡± was a ¡°sign of 바카라사이트 times¡±.

Mr Freeman said he was also reviewing 바카라사이트 ¡°concierge system¡± to ensure that international researchers did not get bogged down in immigration red tape when seeking to come to 바카라사이트 UK. He said he was also keen to review government rules that prevented staff at a public sector research establishments (PSREs) from earning above Whitehall-set salary limits.

¡°At some PSREs we have really talented people who are returning to industry because business is offering significantly higher salaries. Some are prepared to stay in 바카라사이트 public sector, despite 바카라사이트se offers that are three or four times higher [than 바카라사이트ir current salaries], because of o바카라사이트r things¡­so we are talking to 바카라사이트 Cabinet Office about¡­getting some flexibility here,¡± said Mr Freeman.

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