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Written question asked by Baroness Randerson (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 29 June 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 July 2022. It was answered by Lord Callanan (Conservative) on Wednesday, 6 July 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Scientists: UK Relations with EU

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, (1) what assessment they have made of the number of UK-based scientists who may have grant offers from the European Research Council withdrawn if there are no UK–EU agreements on Horizon Europe, Copernicus and Euratom, and (2) how many UK-based scientists have already relocated to the EU.

Answer

The UK remains committed and is taking unprecedented steps to support association to Horizon Europe. This includes setting out a guarantee to fund eligible, successful UK applicants to Horizon Europe whose grants are expected to be signed by December 2022. This will ensure that important individual and collaborative projects can go ahead as planned regardless of the status of our association to Horizon Europe.

The guarantee means that eligible successful applicants will receive the full value of their funding at a UK host institution or in their consortia, and do not need to leave the UK. UKRI onboarding remains open, and so we encourage all eligible successful UK applicants to take up their guaranteed grant with UKRI.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL1359
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Scientists UK relations with EU
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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