Petition – early Research and Innovation Agreement between the UK and EU#
EU Life
, EuroScience and Wellcome Trust have launched a petition calling for an early research and innovation agreement between the UK and EU. Members of the science community and research professionals, both in the EU and UK, are called upon to join this campaign by signing the petition and spreading the word within their networks to ensure
certainty on scientific collaboration between the EU and UK.
The petition is supported by Academia Europaea.#
Petition Text #
Science has been a key success of the EU and must remain a priority to keep Europe competitive. International collaboration makes science stronger and we should not let Brexit disrupt this.
Researchers need a long-term solution to allow them to continue working together on the big challenges our societies face, transforming peoples’ lives for the better. It’s essential that politicians quickly find a way to keep this collaboration as easy as possible.
We call on the EU and the UK to sign a research and innovation agreement as soon as possible. This should include:
- A commitment by European countries to work together to make the European Research Area a world leader in science;
- Full researcher mobility between the UK and the rest of Europe for all levels and career stages;
- A commitment to collaboration, including UK associate membership of Horizon Europe;
- Co-operation on regulations that support science.
Sign our petition to show that science is stronger when we work together. #dealforscience#
