More than 100 UK researchers have lost out on EU funding amid an ongoing row over post-Brexit trade agreements. Of 150 grants approved by Europe’s principal research funder for applicants at British institutions last year, 115 have been terminated after a June 29 deadline set by the EU to urge UK action on those agreements passed, The Guardian reports. While some researchers will be able to take up their funding by moving to an EU institution, the majority have stayed in the UK and have thus been forced to forfeit the money.
Maria Leptin, president of the European Research Council (ERC), which oversees allocation of the funds, tells Science that she “profoundly” regrets the situation. “I sincerely hope that our political leaders will find a path to allow us to continue working in the future with the research community in the UK.”
The dispute stems from the UK’s refusal to ...
