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LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) – Britain announced on Monday that it will extend its funding guarantee until the end of June to ensure UK applicants to its Horizon Europe research program continue to receive funding.

2020According to the Brexit trade agreement signed at the end of Britain total budget 95.5 billion negotiated access to a number of EU science and innovation programmes, including Horizon, the main EU funding program for researchers with EUR.

But the EU had blocked Britain’s participation because of a dispute over post-Brexit trade rules governing Northern Ireland.

Last month, a new agreement was reached to resolve this dispute and Europe Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said once this was done, the EU could work on Britain’s rejoining the Horizon Europe research programme.

Monday Britain The UK government has announced that it will extend its funding guarantee to Horizon Europe applicants until 30 June so that “eligible, successful proposals for calls closing on or before this date can continue to receive guaranteed funding to support them to continue their essential work.” in the field of research and innovation”.

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The announcement will boost the UK’s science and technology sector, including £360 million (£433 million) in infrastructure and skills for emerging technologies such as supercomputing and artificial intelligence. dollars) came alongside the launch of the government plan, including funding.

This includes £50m of extra funding for laboratories to help research institutes and universities improve their facilities and equipment.

(1 dollars = £0.8306)

Reporting by Kylie MacLellan Editing by Christina Fincher

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2023-03-06 09:45:36
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