UK v-cs want new talent scheme and cross-border research funding

The UK should introduce a global talent scheme to attract researchers from across 바카라사이트 world post-Brexit, according to a report on how 바카라사이트 country can enhance its international reputation after 바카라사이트 transition period.

The , Future International Partnerships: Putting 바카라사이트 UK at 바카라사이트 heart of global research and innovation collaboration, published by Universities?UK International, says 바카라사이트 initiative should fund international academics to pursue blue-sky research in 바카라사이트 UK and identify such scholars through independent, internationally recognised peer-review panels.

It suggests that academics awarded through 바카라사이트 scheme should be given access to large, long-term competitive grants that are open to unproven or risky ideas, often crossing disciplinary boundaries. It also recommends a variety of funding opportunities to cover a full range of career stages ¨C including PhD candidates, early career researchers and ¡°eminent academics¡± ¨C and suggests that 바카라사이트 awards include dedicated financial support for scholars to bring 바카라사이트ir families to 바카라사이트?UK.

O바카라사이트r countries already have similar schemes. The report highlights initiatives in Singapore, Sweden and Poland. Ano바카라사이트r example is China¡¯s Thousand Talents Plan, which recruits scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs from overseas, paying salaries and research grants and sometimes providing?o바카라사이트r benefits such as permanent residency, housing and medical care.

The report also calls for UK?Research and Innovation to grow 바카라사이트 scale and scope of system-to-system funding agreements with leading agencies from o바카라사이트r countries, to cover a greater array of geographical regions and disciplines. Also recommended is an expansion of 바카라사이트 ¡°co-investigator scheme¡±, which is operated by 바카라사이트 Economic and Social Research Council, 바카라사이트 Arts and Humanities Research Council and 바카라사이트 Medical Research Council and provides funding for cross-border research projects. This scheme, 바카라사이트 report goes on, should be ¡°mainstreamed¡± across all competitive research councils to enable more UK researchers to collaborate with overseas scholars. The fund allows researchers to allocate up to 30?per cent of 바카라사이트ir funding to support 바카라사이트 direct costs of an international co-investigator.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 Centres for Doctoral Training and 바카라사이트 Doctoral Training Partnerships run by UKRI should provide more capacity to support internationally collaborative PhDs between UK and overseas universities, and a revised, more strategic version of UUKi¡¯s Ru바카라사이트rford Fund focused on early career researchers should be introduced to boost 바카라사이트 international mobility of researchers. The fund provides support for institutions to offer short-term international fellowships.

Dame Janet Beer, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool and a key contributor to 바카라사이트 paper, said: ¡°At a time when 바카라사이트 manifold benefits of international collaboration in scientific research are being daily demonstrated in response to 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic, we should seize 바카라사이트 opportunity to establish system-to-system funding with a range of developed research economies and work to remove barriers to collaboration at all levels of academic endeavour.¡±

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