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UK research funding to grow slower than hoped

Budget includes Horizon Europe funding, but worries about access linger.
  1. Holly Else
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The United Kingdom has postponed an ambitious science spending target by two years, a plan released on 27 October reveals. But for the first time, the government budget earmarks funding for the country’s participation in European Union research programmes.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02972-y

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  • Correction 01 November 2021: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described foreign-aid funding as a proportion of gross domestic product; it should have said gross national income. The text has been corrected.

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