Swiss Science is Caught in Tangle of Brussels Politics
Swiss Science is Caught in Tangle of Brussels Politics
Swiss scientists fear a number of political obstacles could block their path into the EU's next big research programme.

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Swiss scientists fear a number of political obstacles could block their path into the EU's next big research programme.
The UK will endeavour to continue in an EU science programme after Brexit.
Negotiators have less than a year to agree on how the United Kingdom will participate in European Union research programmes.
The European Union's top research official telegraphed a message to the UK's Brexit negotiators: When it comes to a post-Brexit deal on research cooperation, there can be "no cherry picking."
The incoming president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has given into demands that the word 'research' should feature in the research commissioner's job title, making the change at the last possible minute, just before the European Parliament confirmed the new team of commissioners in Strasbourg on Wednesday.
Member states' reported plans for Horizon Europe branded 'completely unacceptable' and potentially 'disastrous'.
The UK's share of EU research funding has fallen dramatically because of Brexit uncertainty, with the country's take home from the EU Horizon 2020 programme cut by almost €500 million since 2015, according an analysis by the Royal Society.
ALLEA submitted a statement to the European Commission calling for a strong and well-resourced framework programme guided by principles of excellence, fairness and openness, and making concrete suggestions on their implementation in the current draft of the Commission’s Strategic Plan on Horizon Europe.
EU-backed research projects were slashed after Switzerland voted to curb immigration. The UK should take note.
The experts will be responsible for designing the large-scale, objective-driven research projects, which are seen as central to reframing Europe’s approach to tackling ‘grand challenges’ including climate change, soil erosion, sustainable food production and marine and freshwater pollution.