‘A huge relief’: scientists react to hopes of UK rejoining EU Horizon scheme
by Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels and Ian Sample in Londo from Science | The Guardian on (#6CRTF)
Expected return also greeted with dismay at UK's decision to avoid being a net contributor to EU's flagship programme
Scientists including the physicist Brian Cox have reacted with a mixture of caution, anger and relief that the UK appears set to rejoin the EU's flagship 85bn Horizon science research programme after a protracted Brexit row.
Sources indicate that an announcement could come in days, possibly next week when Rishi Sunak is scheduled to meet the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, at a Nato summit.
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