The United Kingdom and the europeo Commission (EC) have reached an agreement on the UK’s participation in Horizon Europa (EU’s research and innovation) programme and Copernicus (EU’s Earth observation) programme. This is in line with the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Horizon Europa is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation. The new arrangement will enable UK researchers and organisations to participate in this programme on par with their counterparts in EU Member States including in access to funding. Researchers from UK can now apply for Horizon Europa finanziamento.
Collaborativo riparazioni is vital for growth and progress and benefit science. UK companies and research institutions will now be able to engage in collaborative research not only with the EU, but also Norway, New Zealand and Israel which are part of the programme – and countries like Korea and Canada which may join soon. In return, UK will make an annual contribution of €2.6 billion to the Horizon Europa programme which has a budget of €95.5 billion.
Il nuovo accordo lo consente anche UKLa partecipazione al programma di osservazione della Terra Copernicus dell'UE, compreso l'accesso a oggetti di valore Osservazione della Terra (EO) which plays crucial role in public services such as early flood and fire warnings. The UK will also benefit from the EU lo spazio Surveillance and Tracking.
In relazione a ciò, il Regno Unito ha scelto di perseguire una strategia nazionale sull'energia da fusione invece di partecipare al programma Euratom sull'energia da fusione dell'UE.
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Fonte:
- UK Government. Press release-UK joins Horizon Europa under a new bespoke deal. Published 7 September 2023. Available at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-joins-horizon-europe-under-a-new-bespoke-deal/ Accesso effettuato il 12 settembre 2023.
- European Commission. Press release- EU-UK relations: Commission and UK reach political agreement on UK participation in Horizon Europa and Copernicus. Published 7 September 2023. Available at https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_4374 Accesso effettuato il 12 settembre 2023.
- UKRI. Horizon Europe: aiuto per i candidati del Regno Unito. Aggiornato il 12 settembre 2023. Disponibile su https://www.ukri.org/apply-for-funding/horizon-europe/ Accesso effettuato il 12 settembre 2023.
- Commissione europea. Ricerca e innovazione – Orizzonte Europa. Disponibile a https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe_en Accesso effettuato il 12 settembre 2023.
- Commissione europea. Industria della difesa e spazio – Copernicus. Disponibile a https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-space-policy/copernicus_en Accesso effettuato il 12 settembre 2023.
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