‘Ring-fence Horizon Europe budget’, new science minister told

Royal Society of Biology urges Nusrat Ghani to protect funding amid concerns of possible cuts

The Royal Society of Biology has urged science minister Nusrat Ghani to commit to ring-fencing the money set aside for association to the EU’s R&D funding scheme or UK alternatives.

In a letter to the newly appointed science minister published on 7 October, the learned society called on Ghani (pictured) to ensure the money promised in last year’s spending review for UK membership to Horizon Europe—the EU’s £83.8 billion (€95.5bn) R&D funding scheme—is not spent elsewhere by the government.