Submitted on Monday 27th June 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 6th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Protect scientific funding now to prevent a post-referendum 'brain drain'.
The British Academic and Scientific communities are in turmoil because scientific funding from the EU is at risk. To prevent a 'brain drain' in the next 12 months, we call for the government to restore certainty by making an immediate pledge to protect existing funding levels post 'Brexit'.
This means:
(a) honouring all existing funding decisions made to UK institutions by EU bodies.
(b) duplicating the existing funding framework when science funding is repatriated to the UK, and
(c) pledging to maintain and index link the current level of funding (currently around £1 Billion per year) until at least the next general election in 2020. Since this investment is part of our £19 Billion per year gross contribution to the EU budget, making this commitment requires no new money
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/135670
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