Petition · past parliament
Ensure Science Funding lost from the EU is replaced by government.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Investment in science is intrinsically linked to a growing economy(1). To protect science from any reduction in funds upon leaving the EU, this petition proposes safeguards be put into legislature that ensure increases in the funding of science research, at least to the level of EU funding lost.
1. J. Haskel, A. Hughes and E. Bascavusoglu-Moreau, The Economic Significance of the U.K. Science Base, UK-IRC, 2014
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 27 Jun 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 5 Jul 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
5 Jul 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.