Institutes make last-ditch appeal to EU to help save membership, as ministers plan alternatives
British universities have made a last-ditch appeal to the European Commission to help save their membership of the Horizon Europe funding network, warning that the UK government is preparing to abandon the £80bn programme for joint research projects across Europe.
Representatives of Universities UK (UUK) said ministers were “at an advanced stage” of planning alternatives to membership of Horizon Europe and other EU science programmes, and requested an urgent meeting between vice-chancellors and Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission vice-president.
