A new research fund designed to deepen the UK’s scientific partnerships with other “R&D powerhouse nations” represents a significant shift in the country’s international strategy after Brexit, its science minister has insisted.
In a speech in Tokyo, George Freeman said new funding worth an initial £119 million to support scientific collaboration with “other leading nations” indicated the Westminster government was taking a more global approach to science after the UK was excluded from Horizon Europe, the European Union’s flagship research scheme.
Speaking at Times Higher Education’s THE Campus Live Japan event, Mr Freeman said the first phase of the new International Science Partnerships Fund would “help the UK deepen our global research network in Japan and beyond tackling some of humanity’s greatest challenges”.
