Petition · past parliament · HM Treasury
Protect the UK Research & Innovation budget, and deliver 2.4% GNI target by 2027
Closed
107 signatures
What the petition asks
Funding participation in the Horizon programme by cutting UKRI budgets could create a grant funding shortfall of £1b and endanger up to 18,000 jobs in UK research.
Horizon association must be funded separately & the UKRI budget protected, even if borrowing is required to support this investment.
Horizon association must be funded separately & the UKRI budget protected, even if borrowing is required to support this investment.
As noted by the Vice Chancellors of the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford in their letter to the Telegraph:
"If UKRI, the Government body responsible for awarding research grants, is left with a shortfall of £1 billion, the consequences for British science and innovation will be nothing short of calamitous."
UK science will play a major role in meeting the challenges of the 21st Century and must be supported if it is remain a world leader.
"If UKRI, the Government body responsible for awarding research grants, is left with a shortfall of £1 billion, the consequences for British science and innovation will be nothing short of calamitous."
UK science will play a major role in meeting the challenges of the 21st Century and must be supported if it is remain a world leader.
Timeline
| 30 Mar 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 30 Sep 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
107
Status
Closed
Department
HM Treasury
Opened
30 Mar 2021
Closed
30 Sep 2021
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