Brexit led to decline in UK participation in EU research programmes, report finds

A new report shows how 2016’s vote to leave the EU affected the participation of UK researchers in Horizon 2020 – the €80 billion (£69 billion) European research funding programme that ran from 2014 until 2020. The report shows that while the UK was the most active country in submitting research proposals in 2014, by 2020 it had dropped to 5th place. However, there was no impact on the success rates of proposals involving UK researchers, despite widely held concerns that such projects may be viewed less favourably.