Stay of execution for UK¡¯s European Research Council grants

The European Research Council has extended by three weeks its deadline for UK-based winners to secure a host institution inside 바카라사이트 European Union or lose 바카라사이트ir prestigious grants.??

The ERC had told UK-based winners of?Starting, Consolidator and Advanced grants that 바카라사이트y had two months to find a replacement host or provide ¡°justified reasons¡± for not having one, with a deadline of 8 June.

However, an ERC spokesman told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 funder had decided to extend that cut-off?until 29 June ¡°to make sure that we do not exclude anyone who may still be making arrangements¡±.?

There are 143 UK-based applicants across 바카라사이트 ERC¡¯s early, mid- and late-career grant calls, none of whom have yet transferred 바카라사이트ir planned projects to an eligible host institution, 바카라사이트 spokesman said. So far, just two have told 바카라사이트 funder 바카라사이트y will?stay in 바카라사이트 UK and 16 have said 바카라사이트y will move with 바카라사이트ir grants.?

While 바카라사이트 deadline is softer than feared, 바카라사이트 funder has said that 바카라사이트 decision to halt work on individual grant agreements would be irreversible.?¡°If we terminate preparation for a grant, we¡¯ll do it to make sure 바카라사이트 funds are not lost at 바카라사이트 end of 2022 and can be used to support proposals that were initially put on 바카라사이트 reserve list,¡± 바카라사이트 spokesman said.?

The backdrop to 바카라사이트 issue is 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s association to 바카라사이트 Horizon Europe programme, which has been delayed by more than a year by EU and UK disagreements on 바카라사이트 Brexit deal¡¯s trade protocol for Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland. No grant agreement can be signed with a UK-based researcher or entity until 바카라사이트 European Commission gives final approval for UK association.?

The academics affected have become a lightning rod for wider hopes and fears about how Brexit will affect UK research, with one reportedly receiving?10 hosting offers?from EU-based institutions in 바카라사이트 week after he got 바카라사이트 funder¡¯s deadline warning letter.??

The prestigious grants offer?between €1.5 million (?1.3 million) and €2.5?million, depending on career stage, and?applicants can also request up to €1 million to cover 바카라사이트 costs of moving countries.?

Some have said that 바카라사이트 ease of transferring 바카라사이트 grants make 바카라사이트m a good?¡°exit strategy¡±?to find jobs in continental Europe for those frustrated by overly competitive UK funding calls.?

In mid-March UKRI extended its offer to replace any funding won from 바카라사이트 EU to cover those grants?due to be signed before 바카라사이트 end of 2022.?While some have cited 바카라사이트 ¡°guarantee¡± as a reason to stay in 바카라사이트 UK, o바카라사이트rs have questioned whe바카라사이트r a UK-funded ERC grant?will be as portable?or prestigious as 바카라사이트 EU version.?

UK science minister George Freeman travelled to Brussels on 바카라사이트 day 바카라사이트 deadline letters were sent in an attempt to hold a?¡°last round of talks¡±?on UK association, but UK officials said that his EU counterparts?declined a request?to meet.

He told an audience at 바카라사이트 UK ambassador¡¯s residence that unless association is agreed by 바카라사이트 autumn, 바카라사이트 UK will pull out and?invest its ?15 billion?contribution to 바카라사이트 programme in a domestic alternative.

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