With signs a deal is being agreed on the Northern Ireland Protocol, association could be near. But having been shut out of Horizon Europe for two years, the UK hopes to renegotiate financial terms, and wants talks to start now

Virtual reality researchers are attempting to use cascade funding, in which money is awarded to consortia which then decide how to distribute it, to create pan-European calls. But they are wrestling a thicket of bureaucracy

EU research community welcomes Freeman back and hopes this improves the chances of the UK taking part in Horizon Europe

After the latest meeting bears no fruit, UK must decide on launching its own alternative programme or taking the EU to months-long arbitration

As summer draws to a close, Science|Business looks at the main policy issues that will be grabbing attention over the next few months

In the heat of Tory leadership contest, UK foreign secretary sets wheels in motion for international arbitration of its membership in EU research programme

In letters to EU and UK leaders, House of Lords European affairs committee calls for a ‘high-level political intervention’ to unblock the association talks

With association still not signed off, funding for successful applicants will be guaranteed by the UK. But this is a ‘short-term measure’ and 2020 contingency plans that were drawn up in case of a no-deal Brexit are now being refreshed for if there is no association agreement

Research cooperation is caught up in rising tensions between London and Brussels regarding Northern Ireland’s status in the EU single market, says research commissioner Mariya Gabriel

The UK government claims the Turing scheme will fully replace Erasmus+, but the two schemes have different aims.