Guarantee equal or better funding for scientific research in the UK after Brexit

Closed 251 signatures

What the petition asks

We rely heavily on EU research funding ~€1.2 billion p.a. from Horizon 2020, there is no clear plan on how this will be replaced after Brexit. I ask that the future funding is guaranteed and extra UK grants are made that at least match or better the input from Horizon 2020 to UK HE institutions.

At time of writing, there is no deal for joint EU-UK research funding after Brexit. The UK will not have access to the same amount of funding and hundreds of top level research jobs will be lost due to the shortfall, unless the UK government increases domestic research budgets. https://ec.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/news/uk-institutions-and-researchers-top-recipients-eu-innovation-funding_en

UK HE institutes received ~€1.2 billion in 2015 http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm

Timeline

25 Sep 2017	Petition opened for signatures
25 Mar 2018	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 251

Status Closed

Opened 25 Sep 2017

Closed 25 Mar 2018

Follow this petition