Vice-Provost’s View: Helping you to engage with Horizon Europe

UCL Vice-Provost (Research) Professor David Price on the support available to researchers engaging with Horizon Europe funding opportunities. Four and a half years after the Brexit referendum, Christmas Eve brought greater clarity about UK researchers' access to European Union funding. The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement included association with Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation that succeeds Horizon 2020. While many details remain uncertain - not least how the UK Government will fund its contribution, and what Horizon Europe's specific priorities will be - this is a hugely positive opportunity for UK research, and in particular for UCL researchers. I commend our researchers on their excellent track record in competing (and collaborating) for Horizon 2020 funding. We rank third in the UK for the value and/or number of awards across a broad range of programmes, including in the three main pillars of 'Excellent Science', 'Industrial Leadership' and 'Societal Challenges'. This success is due, of course, to our researchers' brilliant and innovative ideas, and the dedication of those professional staff who support them.