On 2nd of March, seven European university umbrella organisations published a joint statement expressing their “concerns on the lack of progress and clarity regarding the association of the United Kingdom and Switzerland to the Horizone Europe research framework programme. Two years have passed since the start of the programme without any progress and the delay is causing damage to existing research partnerships between EU, UK, and Swiss knowledge institutions.”
The signatories are umbrella organisations from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
The “plead to the European Commission and the governments of the United Kingdom and Switzerland to expedite association to the Horizon Europe research framework programme and to provide clarity to the European R&I sector.”
The joint statement can be read here.