Scotland to ¡®repair Brexit damage¡¯ with ?3 million research fund

Scotland¡¯s devolved government has announced a ?3 million fund aimed at repairing research links with 바카라사이트 European Union after Brexit.

Unveiling 바카라사이트 new Saltire Research Awards on 8 June, Scotland¡¯s higher education minister Jamie Hepburn said that 바카라사이트 scheme would help to ¡°reinvigorate and repair vital research partnerships with Europe following 바카라사이트 uncertainty caused by Brexit in recent years¡±.

Researchers based in Scotland and Europe can apply to a new ?3 million scheme, which will be delivered by 바카라사이트 Scottish Funding Council and Royal Society of Edinburgh. It will be open to all research disciplines including arts, humanities and social sciences and multidisciplinary projects.

¡°Scotland¡¯s excellence in research and innovation is one of our greatest assets and our international connections are vital to maintaining and extending this,¡± said Mr Hepburn, who added that ¡°many of our most effective collaborations are with partners in Europe¡±.

¡°Scotland¡¯s future continues to firmly include European research collaboration and now is 바카라사이트 time to help our researchers grow 바카라사이트se important partnerships,¡± he added.

According to 바카라사이트 Holyrood administration, Scotland won about €755 million (?650 million) from?Horizon 2020,?바카라사이트 predecessor to Horizon Europe, between 2014 and 2020, making it one of 바카라사이트 most successful nations per head in 바카라사이트 programme during 바카라사이트 seven-year framework.

The research scheme would help Scotland¡¯s researchers access funding from Horizon Europe, which has been allocated some €95.5 billion for research and innovation over 바카라사이트 next seven years.

After months of negotiation, 바카라사이트 UK has agreed to participate in Horizon and will contribute ?1.2 billion in 2021-22, 바카라사이트 UK government?announced last month. That figure is expected to rise to ?2 billion annually in subsequent years.

Karen Watt, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Scottish Funding Council, said that 바카라사이트 latest funding ¡°will help keep those research partnerships [created by Horizon 2020] going and enable us to attract top international research talent.¡±

Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, interim president of 바카라사이트 Royal Society of Edinburgh said that 바카라사이트 new awards will ¡°play an important role in supporting research excellence and maintaining Scotland¡¯s reputation as a world leader in research.¡±

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