Research funding
Want to properly plug the UK’s north-south divide? Look to Germany | Larry Elliott
Boosting spending power, increasing public funding for science and tech skills, R&D and infrastructure could work
Larry Elliott
05, Mar, 2023 @11:04 AM
UK ready to snub key EU science research scheme if Brexit row not resolved
Amid stalemate over UK joining Horizon Europe due to Northern Ireland protocol, Michelle Donelan looks to allies outside bloc
Ian Sample Science editor
12, Feb, 2023 @1:21 PM
After Brexit, if Sunak really wants a ‘science superpower’, he must fix these three things | Devi Sridhar
Science now has a cabinet seat, but Britain’s world-leading reputation is fading fast, says public health professor Devi Sridhar
Devi Sridhar
09, Feb, 2023 @3:06 PM
Welsh universities face 1,000 jobs being lost as EU research funding ends
University leaders urge ministers to provide bridging finance to keep projects running when EU support ends this year
Richard Adams Education editor
07, Feb, 2023 @5:57 PM
Brexit causes collapse in European research funding for Oxbridge
Oxford and Cambridge universities, once given more than £130m a year in total by European research programmes, are now getting £1m annually between them
Anna Fazackerley
04, Feb, 2023 @12:43 PM
Ignore the ‘superpower’ boasts – UK pharma looks superchallenged
NHS crisis, withdrawal of tax credits and exit from EU blamed for fall in UK share of R&D market
Nils Pratley
25, Jan, 2023 @5:16 PM
‘Things will only get worse’: fears top scientists may shun UK over Brexit
British-based Nobel prize winner says hopes for securing an alliance with the crucial Horizon Europe collaboration are fading fast
Anna Fazackerley
08, Oct, 2022 @1:32 PM
Imperial College to shut joint research ventures with Chinese defence firms
Exclusive: two Chinese-sponsored aerospace research centres to close after warnings of ‘sleepwalking’ into aiding Chinese military
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
11, Sep, 2022 @4:49 PM
Guaranteed research funding is still available in the UK | Letter
Letter: Prof Christopher Smith of UK Research and Innovation responds to an article on grants being lost post-Brexit, and offers some reassurance
Letters
21, Aug, 2022 @4:10 PM
Thanks to Brexit, I lost a €2.5m research grant. I fear for the future of UK science | José R Penadés
Britain has jeopardised research and made itself far less attractive to overseas scientists, says José R Penadés, a professor at Imperial College London
José R Penadés
18, Aug, 2022 @11:00 AM
Crow brainpower study saved from Brexit cuts after appeal raises £500,000
Scientists had EU funding withdrawn but public chip in to help following Observer report
Robin McKie
07, Aug, 2022 @8:00 AM
EU scraps 115 grants for UK scientists and academics amid Brexit row
Move follows dispute over Northern Ireland protocol, as one academic says UK is going down a ‘dark path’
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent
05, Jul, 2022 @3:14 PM
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