The UK is only winning 60-70% of the collaborative research grants it previously brought in before its long absence from the EU’s research Framework Programmes, according to the country’s Russell Group of research universities.
After years of Brexit-related political wrangling, the UK finally associated to Horizon Europe at the beginning of 2024, but the damaging uncertainty caused by its absence means its researchers are still not back to where they were under Horizon 2020, the predecessor programme.
“Members [. . .] say there is work to do to get participation in Pillar 2 back to where we would like it to be,” said the Russell Group in a statement released on July 15, referring to the part of Horizon Europe that funds continent-spanning research consortia.