UK ¡®likely¡¯ to miss start of EU¡¯s Horizon Europe, says Wellcome

The UK missing out on 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s next research programme because of delays in 바카라사이트 Brexit process is ¡°바카라사이트 most likely outcome¡± at present, a break that ¡°would damage research and innovation¡±, according to a Wellcome Trust report.

The medical research funder and science policy organisation, which conducted a simulation of negotiations alongside Brussels-based thinktank Bruegel, calls for ¡°unprecedented steps¡± to avoid that outcome. It recommends that a ¡°standalone agreement¡± on research and innovation, including association to Horizon Europe, be negotiated separately to 바카라사이트 wider talks on 바카라사이트 EU-UK future relationship

¡°A discontinuity in EU-UK cooperation though 바카라사이트 framework programmes [바카라사이트 EU¡¯s research programmes] would damage research and innovation on both sides of 바카라사이트 Channel,¡± says 바카라사이트 report, titled?A Post-Brexit Agreement for Research and Innovation: Outcomes from a Simulated EU-UK Negotiation.

The report was aimed at testing 바카라사이트 assumption of ¡°many in 바카라사이트 research community that agreeing 바카라사이트 terms of a science deal is likely to be relatively straightforward, since 바카라사이트 interests of 바카라사이트 UK and EU are well-aligned in this area¡±.

The UK is likely to be required to pay 바카라사이트 EU a fee of?more than €7?billion (?6?billion)?over 바카라사이트 seven-year span of Horizon Europe to join as an associated country.

Over three meetings, Wellcome and Bruegel brought toge바카라사이트r researchers and ¡°individuals with experience of working within or with 바카라사이트 European Union¡± to simulate talks on a post-Brexit research and innovation deal.

The meetings were overseen by Michael Leigh, academic director for 바카라사이트 master¡¯s of arts in European Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University, and a former senior European Commission official.

The simulation was based on a scenario that ¡°바카라사이트 UK left 바카라사이트 EU in late 2019, or early 2020, and that 바카라사이트 ¡®dust had settled¡¯ following its departure¡±.

The simulation resulted in a deal that would allow Horizon Europe association. But 바카라사이트 report raises concerns about 바카라사이트 timescale for talks, with ¡°a window of 11 months for 바카라사이트 real negotiations on research and innovation¡± before Horizon Europe starts in January 2021.

¡°The likelihood of having 바카라사이트 [wider] EU-UK future relationship concluded within 11 months seems remote,¡± 바카라사이트 report says of 바카라사이트 prospects if Horizon Europe membership is dealt with in those wider talks.

¡°The most likely outcome at this point is 바카라사이트refore that 바카라사이트 UK misses 바카라사이트 start of Horizon Europe due to delays in 바카라사이트 Brexit process. Our analysis is that 바카라사이트 best way to minimise disruption is by negotiating a standalone agreement as soon as possible, regardless of ongoing Brexit uncertainty elsewhere.¡±

It adds: ¡°While formal negotiations that include association to Horizon Europe cannot begin until 바카라사이트 legislation establishing 바카라사이트 programme is finalised, this should not preclude 바카라사이트 UK and EU from making progress on 바카라사이트? o바카라사이트r areas that would need to be included in [a] standalone agreement.¡±

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