Horizon Europe – What are the benefits of a multilateral research programme?

07 October 2022

Horizon Europe is the world’s largest collaborative research programme. It provides participants with unparalleled routes to international partnerships within and beyond the EU and an established infrastructure of funding and training.

All parties agree that having the UK as an associate member of Horizon Europe will be mutually beneficial: creating capability resilience and huge opportunities for us, while also strengthening the programme in the face of research competition from China and elsewhere.

This is why British membership of EU science programmes was a key part of the post-Brexit Trade and Co-operation Agreement. With final sign-off on UK association currently stalled, it is important that work to develop an ambitious alternative programme has been continuing in the background. But why should we continue to try and secure our participation in Horizon Europe?

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