Here are some of the things we are doing at @britishacademy.bsky.social to boost UK participation in Horizon Europe
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/two-yea...
Including comments from me - positive news for a sunny afternoon 😎
It has been over two years since the UK became an associated country to Horizon Europe – a long sought after outcome for the sector in order to unlock the opportunities and collaboration possible in t...
I didn't do a good enough job in crediting the fantastic people behind the four projects we funded, or to pay tribute to the memory of Pablo Suarez (the actual pioneer of circus arts and humour in policy work) - but I hope you enjoy my ramblings
Kudos also to DSIT for investing in this analysis - which is harder to do than you might expect, even without the complexities of the discontinuities. Tracking this is important.
The trajectory is the most important thing here, rather than the snapshot. 2025 has already happened - we just don't have the full stats yet. But the 2026 datapoint is still being written.
Full speed ahead for continuing the recovery journey - it has clearly started.
Full stats and breakdowns by Pillar, cluster and region here - www.gov.uk/government/p...
New official statistics just published on the UK's performance in Horizon Europe so far.
The graph says it all. A familiar Brexit story - but with light at the end of the tunnel.
Decline since the vote to leave in 2016. But the recovery journey has begun.
Hetan Shah
This is just 2024 data, so the first full year since rejoining the programme. It's rear-view mirror stuff, and no surprise that the bounce back isn't instant. There's a lot further to go, particularly on Pillar 2 and 3.
But it shows the effort that has gone into rebuilding the UK's participation
I'm featured on a podcast (a first for me, slowly catching everyone else up), talking about my work at Wellcome on creative methods for policy work from the last couple of years.
Come for the policy chat, stay for the clip of my local Brass Band playing an Oasis cover... pod.link/meettheinflu...
Martin Smith
All four projects have write-ups on Wellcome Open Research if you want to find out more:
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