Petition Protect the UK Research & Innovation budget, and deliver 2.4% GNI target by 2027

Funding participation in the Horizon programme by cutting UKRI budgets could create a grant funding shortfall of £1b and endanger up to 18,000 jobs in UK research.

Horizon association must be funded separately & the UKRI budget protected, even if borrowing is required to support this investment.

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As noted by the Vice Chancellors of the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford in their letter to the Telegraph:

"If UKRI, the Government body responsible for awarding research grants, is left with a shortfall of £1 billion, the consequences for British science and innovation will be nothing short of calamitous."

UK science will play a major role in meeting the challenges of the 21st Century and must be supported if it is remain a world leader.

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Date closed 30 September 2021
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