Bring it on

The wrangling over Framework 9 has started

As Brexit talks begin, most academics are understandably edgy about the UK’s future access to research funding, as well as future rights for European researchers to continue to travel freely in a post-Brexit Britain and EU. But there’s another topic of concern gathering steam: in the shadow of Brexit, Framework 9, the successor to Horizon 2020, is being hammered into shape.

The careful observer will have seen position papers on Framework 9 published this month, as policymakers set out their stalls ahead of the coming debates and lobbyists get their voices in early. The arguments being presented show that past programmes have had an impact.