EXCLUSION OF UK FROM ERC GRANTS WOULD BE DEVASTATING, SAY EXPERTS
April 26th, 2022
IF the UK loses its right to European Research Council (ERC) grants and access to the European Union (EU)’s 9th Framework Programme (FP), dubbed Horizon Europe (1), a long tradition of cooperation in research and innovation will be put at risk, scientists warn. ‘Stick to Science’ – a campaign started by a group of UK universities aiming to convince the EU that scientific collaboration should be above politics – has made the warning upon the announcement of the most recent ERC grants (on April 27). As it stands, these results of the council’s 2021 ...
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