Brexit

The legal text of a Brexit deal has been agreed between the EU and the UK, and accepted by Theresa May's Cabinet. Here is a summary of the bigger picture in EU-UK relations for research and innovation 

All parties in the negotiations on the UK’s departure from the EU must now strive to ensure that as little harm as possible is done to research, say 29 Nobel prize winners in letter to May and Juncker

Government seeks fallback option, with UK looking set to lose access to key elements of EU satellite system post-Brexit

European budget chief estimates there’s now a 50-50 chance of agreeing a budget before the May 2019 parliamentary election. Without certainty of future funding, researchers will go elsewhere, he claims

Government note says crashing out with no deal could mean the UK loses access to European Research Council grants, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and the SME instrument

UK doctors think Britain’s exit from the European Union will be very bad for the NHS, reveal the results of a study from UCL, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Queen Mary University of London.

The UK decision to leave the EU cuts at science’s core ethos of openness. As exit negotiations lurch along, researchers from across Europe are yet to spot a bright side to losing such an important science partner

The UK is to up its annual contribution to Eureka from £5M to £15M, with an eye on maintaining credibility and standing as Europe’s science champion after Brexit