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乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry welcomes 乐天堂app下载 publication of 乐天堂app下载 Government’s plans to support 乐天堂app下载 UK research and innovation sector in 乐天堂app下载 short-term while association to Horizon Europe remains uncertain.
Responding, Helen Pain, CEO of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry, said: "We are pleased to see that association to Horizon Europe continues to be 乐天堂app下载 Government’s preferred option, as this would be best for 乐天堂app下载 chemical sciences and wider research and innovation community, a point we have repeatedly made.
"It is also good to see that 乐天堂app下载 publication provides some detail on its longer-term thinking for Horizon Europe alternatives. We will continue to ensure that 乐天堂app下载 Government is aware of 乐天堂app下载 needs of UK chemical sciences and to make sure our community’s voices are heard."
Earlier this week, alongside 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Biology and Institute of Physics, we sent a joint letter to 乐天堂app下载 Chancellor of 乐天堂app下载 Exchequer, Nadhim Zahawi MP and 乐天堂app下载 Secretary of State for BEIS, Kwasi Kwarteng MP urging 乐天堂app下载 government to:
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- Engage with 乐天堂app下载 wider research and innovation community on longer-term alternatives
It is reassuring to see that 乐天堂app下载re will be no gap between 乐天堂app下载 Horizon Europe guarantee and 乐天堂app下载 proposed in-flight assessment process, and that 乐天堂app下载 Government is committed to extend 乐天堂app下载 guarantee and to support third country participation in full if 乐天堂app下载 UK cannot associate to Horizon Europe. It is also positive to see that if 乐天堂app下载 UK cannot associate, 乐天堂app下载 funding allocated to Horizon Europe at 乐天堂app下载 2021 Spending Review will be used to build on existing R&D programmes with flagship new domestic and international research and innovation investments.
We now urge 乐天堂app下载 Government to engage as widely as possible with 乐天堂app下载 UK research and innovation community to develop its 乐天堂app下载 longer-term plans. We are ready to engage with 乐天堂app下载 chemical sciences community to that end and be its voice.
Yesterday’s announcements are a positive step. 乐天堂app下载 RSC will continue to push for association to Horizon Europe, and if association is not possible, we will set out what is needed so 乐天堂app下载 alternatives are fit for purpose for a healthy, thriving research and innovation ecosystem which enable mobility of 乐天堂app下载 chemistry workforce and students, while helping chemistry-using sectors and companies to grow and flourish.
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