Boris Johnson’s departure from 10 Downing Street offers fresh hope that the UK may join Horizon Europe, though British research may still suffer many more months of damaging uncertainty, senior scientists and policy experts have said.
As the prime minister prepares to leave office – albeit not until after a Conservative leadership contest – there was some optimism that his removal might unblock negotiations regarding the UK’s ongoing exclusion from the European Union’s flagship €90 billion (£77 billion) research scheme.
