Support to Ukraine
The co-initiators of the Stick to Science campaign are currently deeply concerned by the invasion of Ukraine affecting the European research, innovation and higher education communities and express their support for all researchers, staff and students affected by this devastating situation.
Call from the House of Lords European affairs committee to EU and UK leaders
On 3 March 2022, the European affairs committee of the UK House of Lords has written to UK foreign secretary Liz Truss, the European Commission and Parliament “to express its deep concerns” about the failure to reach an agreement on research cooperation to Horizon Europe.
Several ERC personalities are supporting the campaign
More than a dozen of the European Research Council (ERC) current and former personalities expressed their support to the Stick to Science initiative before the official launch of the campaign.
The Academia Europaea and the Young Academy of Europe in favor of a prompt association of Switzerland and the UK to Horizon Europe
The Academia Europaea and the Young Academy of Europe joined the initiative and expressed their support on their website.
The video recording of the launch event is online
Thanks to all panelists for their contributions, calling for a barrier-free research at international level.
If you missed it, you can now watch it on YouTube.
Myths and false assumptions concerning the UK and Swiss association to Horizon Europe
In his LinkedIn post, Prof. Jan Palmowski, Secretary-General at the Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities debunks some of the false claims about the association of the UK and Switzerland in EU programmes for Research and Innovation.
Leading scientists call for international inclusion – article by ScienceIBusiness
In this article, ScienceIBusiness presents the new campaign calling on European leaders to associate the UK and Switzerland as soon as possible to Horizon Europe, the EU’s flagship research and innovation programme.
Broad support from several umbrella organisations
The Stick to Science initiative is supported by several scientific associations and organisations within the EU, such as Science Europe, the European University Association (EUA), The Guild of European Research Intensive Universities (The Guild), CESAER or the League of European Universities (LERU). Science Europe – news EUA – news LERU – news CESAER – news […]
Nobel Laureate Didier Queloz’s call to Stick to Science
For Prof. Didier Queloz, excellent research requires international networks and know-how. He calls on politicians to admit British and Swiss scientists to Horizon Europe.
Official launch of the Stick to Science initiative
The launch event takes place at 16:00 CET on 8 February during a dedicated session “Science without borders: Why European trusted partnerships matter more than ever” part of the annual ScienceIBusiness conference. Join us! We invite you to watch the livestream on the ScienceIBusiness website and follow us on Twitter @Stick2Science. #SticktoScience A press conference for journalists […]
The campaign for signatures has started – join the initiative and sign up now!
Supported by more than 250 prominent researchers and institutions in Europe, the Stick to Science campaign calls upon the whole research and innovation community to sign up and support the request for European political leaders to recognise that science should know no borders. A truly open, inclusive, and excellence-driven European Research Area has to be […]
Large support from high-profile scientists
A dozen Nobel Prizes laureates and Field Medalists have already pledged their support to the Stick to Science campaign