Few ever expected British and EU scientists to be forced apart. Researchers must never take international collaboration for granted.
The UK government has introduced draft legislation into its parliament that is intended to amend trading arrangements between Northern Ireland and the independent Republic of Ireland . It is doing this unilaterally, instead of using the official dispute-resolution system. This action has triggered legal action by the EU against the United Kingdom for breaking international law.
, urging politicians to keep politics out of science. But, barring a last-minute change of heart, a science relationship that has lasted some five decades looks likely to come to an end. If and when that happens, it could be the biggest setback to European science cooperation ever seen. Over the years, researchers in mainland Europe have enriched UK science no end — and vice versa.
UK science minister George Freeman, a biotechnology entrepreneur and intellectual, is preparing a backup global fund for UK researchers that he is informally calling Plan B. Last week, Freeman told a parliamentary inquiry that the government will publish a ‘prospectus’ for this fund before Members of Parliament go on their summer break on 21 July.
It is imperative that the UK government consults with some of the country’s experts in research funding on the design of a replacement global fund. Consultation should also include organizations such as the Royal Society, the British Academy and the Royal Academy of Engineering, which were among those responsible for managing and disbursing the GCRF and the Newton Fund.
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