While we maintain that Horizon Europe association is the best way forward for researchers from the UK and the EU to continue to work together, we welcome the UK Government’s new report, 'Supporting UK R&D and collaborative research beyond European programmes'.
We see this as the first step in clarifying how the government would invest in the UK university research and development (R&D) if association proves impossible.
Given that this will represent a major shift in research funding for the UK, it is imperative that the research community has a chance to respond to proposals and to contribute to their development. Today’s publication allows for this to begin to happen in a transparent way.