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Government comes up with 11th hour funds to help meet association cost after lobbying effort by science leaders. But critics still call plan ‘very opaque’, and say it isn’t enough

After the government pulls global research funds, top researchers hit back at prospect that participation in Horizon Europe will come from domestic R&D budget

Investment and jobs in research have been hit by COVID-19. It’s time to assess the damage and prioritise for the re-build, says Sarah Main of the Campaign for Science and Engineering

Ministers are yet to say how the country will pay for access to the EU science programme, as opposition MPs tell government it is not ‘walking the talk’ on ‘science superpower’ commitment

As debate rages over European control of sensitive technologies, Germany’s parliamentary state secretary Thomas Rachel says three EU neighbours are ‘important partners'

Evolving plan for Horizon Europe is caught up in fierce debate over whether EU should block its closest neighbours from strategic technology research

Dominic Cummings, former chief aide to prime minister Boris Johnson, sets out his vision for £800M Advanced Research and Invention Agency

Researchers point to higher funding for the sector in Germany, as key infrastructure to translate world class research is still missing in the UK

There are tweaks to the talent visa, but science funding ‘notably scarce’, while there’s no mention of how the government will meet the costs of EU science participation

Association agreements will have broad provisions that are the same for all countries, but the process of concluding them is slow because each agreement needs to reflect differing political and economic relationships