BBC News understands a deal has been negotiated over UK association with the Horizon programme.
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen said talks on Horizon would begin immediately once the Windsor agreement was implemented BBC News understands a deal for the UK's association with the EU's €100bn Horizon research and innovation programme has been negotiated.If Rishi Sunak agrees, an announcement is expected on Tuesday after his talks with the European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.
Should events go as expected, the deal will come as a huge relief to the scientific community. Many of the UK's leading researchers have been left in limbo over the future of their world-leading research projects and in some cases their own jobs and those of their teams.Nobel prize winner Sir Paul Nurse: "Prime minister should finalise the deal without further delay"
The government had agreed that if UK researchers received less than 12% of what than the UK put in, Britain could terminate the arrangement. The figure for other associate members of Horizon is 8%, but it was thought to be a price worth paying for continuing to be part of the programme by the government at the time.
News that a draft agreement had been reached was reported on Wednesday afternoon by Politico, but was greeted by a terse statement from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.Image caption, James Wilsdon, a professor of science policy at University College London, told BBC News what while this was "wonderful news" the uncertainty over the past three years had "blighted" UK-EU scientific collaboration.
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