After six years of fraught negotiations, it looks increasingly likely that UK researchers will lose access to European Union research funding because of Brexit.
Among other devastating repercussions, crashing out will cause a hostile climate between the UK and EU, which would strongly serve to repel European and global scientists from our shores.
Angry scientists must fight to pick up the pieces after Brexit Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2095198-angry-scientists-must-fight-to-pick-up-the-pieces-after-brexit/#ixzz6fxavC4Pu
27/06/2016
Brexit is the heartbreaking outcome of a misinformed debate. Scientists must fight to pick up the pieces, says Mike Galsworthy.
Visa uncertainty and expected loss of EU funding affecting culture industry, leaders say. The expected loss of EU funding and uncertainty over the status of EU nationals after March 2019 meant UK museums were already losing scientists, researchers and curators, and there was a shortage of archaeologists, they said.
Britain is on the verge of regaining access to the EU-led research budget - so why pretend we can credibly go it alone?
Tens of millions of pounds will be spent on rescuing UK science and medical research projects at risk from a damaging post-Brexit dispute with the EU.
Borders in Ireland, Brexit & What's Next for UK Science? SCIENCE & POLITICS WITH MIKE GALSWORTHY [1 hr]
12/02/2021
This week Dr Mike Galsworthy looks at the Brexit arrangements in the Irish Sea and the resulting outrage from parts of the Unionist community in Northern Ireland. ... taking a look at the future of UK Science, upcoming developments and our place in the world of science after Brexit.
Boris Johnson taking scientists 'for fools' with immigration plans post-Brexit, says Nobel Prize winner
09/08/2019
Boris Johnson is facing a backlash over his plans to fast-track visas for the world's leading scientists, as a Nobel laureate warned of turmoil for "many years" after a no-deal Brexit.
Nobel prize winner warns UK science will suffer unless it can gain access to Horizon Europe. / One of Britain’s leading researchers has warned of a “major blow” to national science if ministers cannot secure access to a massive research programme that is being drawn up by the EU.
Confidence is at rock-bottom in the UK's ability to attract and retain the best scientific and engineering talent from Europe.
The EU and UK are launching a joint push to get more British researchers to sign up to the £80bn Horizon science programme amid concerns about a drop-off in applications amid post-Brexit uncertainty.
BREXIT is causing “damage across the board” to UK science, including missing out on more than £1 billion in funding, campaigners have warned.
UK scientists had been shut out of the multibillion-euro scheme amid drawn-out Brexit negotiations.
Researchers in the UK were overwhelmingly opposed to Brexit. Now, new estimates of lost funding show these concerns were justified, says the Scientists for EU campaign.
Dr Mike Galsworthy said: "Brexit uncertainty over five years has knocked the UK’s position down several rungs and blown a huge hole in our funds and networks."
Senior pro-vice-chancellor Andy Neely has said the University’s lost association with an EU science research programme is having negative impacts.
A Nobel prize-winning scientist has said Brexit has cast the UK “several decades into the past” and feared it would damage the country’s standing in the scientific community.
Brexit hits UK science funding and workforce
16/10/2019
The first figures have emerged demonstrating that Brexit uncertainty has adversely affected UK research.
Brexit is a direct threat to the glorious scientific collaboration that sustains our modern world
07/06/2019
A tiger leap in innovation has been achieved through borderless public-private partnerships between universities, government agencies and companies.
Border hold-ups and complex new rules are causing supply shortages in laboratories that jeopardise research, says Wellcome Sanger Institute.
Nobel prize winner leaves as reality of disconnecting from EU funding network sets in. / A no-deal Brexit looks set to undermine the UK’s position as a world leader in international research and is already starting to cause damage according to a number of prominent scientists working in Britain.
At least 16 recipients of prestigious ERC grants making plans to reject UK offer and move their labs abroad.
Dispute over Northern Ireland protocol puts associate membership of Horizon Europe scheme in doubt.