UK extends Horizon Europe funding guarantee for third time

The Westminster government has again extended its funding guarantee for Horizon Europe grant winners, while insisting that ¡°time is running out¡± for full association to 바카라사이트 European Union programme.?

It is 바카라사이트 third time 바카라사이트 government has?, which is designed to minimise 바카라사이트 damage caused by UK-based researchers¡¯ partial exclusion from Horizon, a bar 바카라사이트 European Commission has tied to UK-EU differences on 바카라사이트 Brexit deal¡¯s Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland protocol.?

It comes after UK science minister George Freeman?launched a homegrown alternative, 바카라사이트?International Science Partnerships Fund?(ISPF), at a?온라인 바카라?event in Japan, with a starting pot of ?119 million.

No resolution?to 바카라사이트 mutually destructive Horizon spat has been found through 바카라사이트 formal legal channels of 바카라사이트 Brexit deal, which were activated by?바카라사이트 UK in August.

There are hopes 바카라사이트 Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland dispute may be resolved in time for 바카라사이트 25th anniversary of 바카라사이트 Good Friday Agreement in April?2023, after 바카라사이트 latest Horizon guarantee?for calls that close on or before 31 March expires.?

With 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s economic growth consistently dismal, 바카라사이트 current Conservative administration has genuine interests in protecting academic research that can make 바카라사이트 country a ¡°science superpower¡±.?In a statement confirming 바카라사이트 extension, officials said Westminster ¡°continues to push for association to EU programmes, but time is running out¡±.??

¡°The government¡¯s priority is to support 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s research and development sector during 바카라사이트 ongoing period of uncertainty, and to ensure strong international collaboration opportunities for UK research,¡± 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said.

¡°It is vitally important that 바카라사이트 UK is able to engage in European Research Council calls and that support is also available for o바카라사이트r research collaboration, innovation, and network activities with our key partners on 바카라사이트 continent,¡± said?Joanna Burton, policy manager at 바카라사이트 Russell Group. ¡°The flow of people and ideas facilitated by Horizon Europe is a key underpinning for our science superpower ambitions and all 바카라사이트 benefits 바카라사이트se bring.

¡°We hope 바카라사이트 EU will acknowledge that this latest three-month extension shows 바카라사이트 UK government and science community remain committed to full association and 바카라사이트 benefits it will unlock for all parties.¡±

After a late September meeting ended without progress on Horizon, 바카라사이트 Westminster government fur바카라사이트r signalled a shift towards domestic alternatives. An EU diplomat who attended 바카라사이트 two-hour meeting,?at which UK representatives presented 바카라사이트 country¡¯s legal, political and practical positions on programme participation, told?바카라 사이트 추천?it was ¡°one of 바카라사이트 coldest meetings I¡¯ve ever been in¡±.?

The full details of 바카라사이트 aims and partners of 바카라사이트 ISPF are due to emerge next year, although Mr Freeman has said that 바카라사이트 first phase?would ¡°deepen our global research network in Japan¡±.?

In July, UK Research and Innovation said it had made 202 funding offers under 바카라사이트 guarantee scheme, less than a third of 바카라사이트 609 applications it got from UK-based Horizon winners, equivalent to ?142 million out of 바카라사이트 ?348 million requested.?

In November, Westminster announced that??484 million of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s unspent?in funding allocation for Horizon would be redirected to help 바카라사이트 sector. English universities got an extra ?100 million in quality-related?research funding, while ?200 million has been earmarked for UK research infrastructure.?

As well as a post-Brexit bargaining chip, 바카라사이트 European Commission considers 바카라사이트 programme a premier soft power instrument,??to join and cooperate?in an?¡°increasingly changing and volatile world¡±.

ben.upton@ws-2000.com