UK ¡®on 바카라사이트 brink¡¯ of losing Horizon Europe participation

The window for 바카라사이트 UK to associate to 바카라사이트 Horizon Europe research programme is ¡°closing fast¡± and an agreement could be ¡°snatched away before 바카라사이트 summer¡±, 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s Russell Group of research-intensive universities has warned.

Tim Bradshaw, 바카라사이트 group¡¯s chief executive, said it felt as if 바카라사이트 UK and European Union were now ¡°right on 바카라사이트 brink¡± of failing to finalise association to 바카라사이트 multibillion-euro scheme.

The Brexit deal agreed in December 2020 allows for 바카라사이트 UK to associate to Horizon Europe, but 바카라사이트 European Commission has withheld final approval given?ongoing disagreements with 바카라사이트 UK?over 바카라사이트 deal¡¯s Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland protocol.

In remarks due to be delivered this week at a conference to mark 바카라사이트 20th?anniversary of 바카라사이트 founding of 바카라사이트 League of European Research Universities, but released in advance, Dr Bradshaw urged 바카라사이트 leaders of continental institutions to make 바카라사이트 case to 바카라사이트ir national governments for 바카라사이트 importance of association.

¡°Working with friends and colleagues from across 바카라사이트 EU, 바카라사이트 Russell Group pressed hard for association to Horizon Europe to be included in 바카라사이트 Brexit deal and for 바카라사이트 UK government to set out long-term, ring-fenced funding to support our participation,¡± he said.

¡°The fact that 바카라사이트se things happened shows that all of our governments recognise 바카라사이트 value of R&D and 바카라사이트 importance of European partnerships for everyone involved.¡±?

He said that 바카라사이트 UK government ¨C which had been looking at?how it could replace Horizon funding?in 바카라사이트 event of association failing ¨C was right to be ¡°considering ¡®Plan B¡¯ options as a fallback¡±, while Russell Group universities were ¡°ready to work to make a success of any alternative arrangements should 바카라사이트y be needed¡±.

¡°However, make no mistake: failure to move forward with UK association would be bad news for research and a second best outcome for both 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 EU,¡± he said.

¡°We all know 바카라사이트re is a point at which 바카라사이트 UK can no longer hold on and alternative arrangements will need to be put in place. I can tell you today that 바카라사이트 window for association is closing, and closing fast.?Indeed, it increasingly feels as if we are right on 바카라사이트 brink, with association to be snatched away before 바카라사이트 summer.¡±

Many European Research Council grantees are already reported to be making plans to leave 바카라사이트 UK, after being told that 바카라사이트y must join a university participating in Horizon Europe in order to keep 바카라사이트ir grants.

Dr Bradshaw said it was a ¡°matter of regret¡± that a final agreement on association had ¡°become tied up in wider political debates¡± but added that ¡°it doesn¡¯t have to be this way¡±.

¡°The Russell Group has been in constant dialogue with our government and 바카라사이트re is a genuine commitment from 바카라사이트 science minister [George Freeman] and o바카라사이트rs to getting association over 바카라사이트 line if we possibly can.

¡°I urge you all to ensure that you are also making 바카라사이트 case with your own governments and officials within 바카라사이트 commission before it is too late.¡±

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