Science leaders once more make the case for UK joining the €95.5B research programme. ‘Association with Horizon is crucial for the success of UK science and therefore the future of our country’, MPs are told

The long-awaited, go-it-alone alternative for international collaboration in research gets an equivocal reception from the UK science establishment, which is still firmly in favour of joining the EU programme  

UK science and technology minister Michelle Donelan is in Brussels today to meet EU research commissioner Mariya Gabriel and set the scene for upcoming association talks

The head of a leading European university network has urged the EU and UK to work to get association done ‘ASAP’, ahead of a vote on trade relationships in Northern Ireland tomorrow

Spring budget includes funding for several science-related initiatives, but no mention of European research collaboration, and MPs and academics are increasingly anxious for UK association to the EU programme to get over the line

Brexit limbo continues for UK researchers, as the government issues a ten-point strategy for the future of science that fails to commit to association to the EU research programme

A joint statement with 18 signatories urges prompt action on UK association to the framework programme, saying ‘time is of the essence’

Academics and university lobbyists are celebrating after Commission president said Windsor framework is ‘good news for scientists and researchers’. But there’s no clarity on how long association will now take.

Having missed out on the first two years, the government says it will not be paying in the full £6.9B put aside to join the research programme. And with association still to be agreed, plans for alternatives are promised soon  

£1.6B for the UK to join the EU research programme or set up a Plan B, has been withdrawn, according to a leading lobby group