UK to return to EU ’s flagship Horizon science research programme

Post-Brexit return to £85bn scheme discussed this week, say sources, and is set to be announced on ThursdayBritain is to rejoin the EU ’s flagship £85bn science research programme, Horizon Europe, in a long-anticipated deal welcomed by scientists.Britain ’s membership ofHorizon, which funds research projects tackling crucial issues from the climate crisis to terminal diseases and improving food and energy security, was agreed as part of the post-Brexit trade deal in 2020. But it was never ratified in a tit-for-tat row between the EU and the UK over Northern Ireland Brexit arrangements.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: European Union Science policy Brexit UK news Politics Foreign policy Source Type: news