British-based Nobel prize winner says hopes for securing an alliance with the crucial Horizon Europe collaboration are fading fast
The future of British science has never been so gloomy. That is the stark view of a UK-based Nobel prize winner who has warned that top academics are giving up hope of the government negotiating membership of the Horizon Europe programme, and are preparing to leave the country.
These fears have been strengthened by Liz Truss’s failure to appoint a science minister in her new administration. Scientists and vice-chancellors interpret this as a sign the government is no longer committed to a deal on associate membership of the £80bn network, which funds research collaborations across the EU.
