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Cue 'Ode to Joy' (photo: Phil Ward) A proposal for Horizon Europe, the successor to Horizon 2020, is due to be published on 7 June 2018. However there have been plenty of hints, suggestions and straightforward leaks already, and the current plan is the worst kept secret ever. So what do we know so far? Well, unless there are significant changes in the next couple of weeks, here are the seven

You will have read the Boiled down Basics on the Prospectus, but what’s it really about? Here are the seven take home points. What the public wants: jetpacks, and lots of them (photo: Samuel Johnson) It’s all about collaboration, stupid. UKRI, as a research supranational union, has to justify its existence. It does this by talking about how it will facilitate partnership,

This week UKRI published its Strategic Prospectus, which outlines the new agency’s direction of travel. We’ve summarised the 55 page document for those who know it’s important but don’t have time to wade through it. What do you need to know, and what can you ignore? Boiled down basics: 55 pages into 700 words (photo: Larry & Teddy Page) Contents, introduction, foreword, vision,

Kortrijk. Helps salve the horror of Brexit (image: R/DV/RS CC BY) With more detail of the EU's next Framework Programme, Horizon Europe, crystallising in Brussels, it's time to look back at an article I wrote last year on the need for Britain's academic leaders to lobby MEPs and make the case for the UK's continuing involvement.  When Theresa May wrote to Donald Tusk informing him of the

Alchemy: like getting a research grant, only easier (image: Wellcome CC BY) Last week Alex Hulkes, the Economic and Social Research Council’s strategic lead for the insights team, wrote an interesting report on the council’s conversion rate for grants. This is the percentage of fundable grants that it is able to fund. In November he provided a similar analysis of success rates. Taken

Horizon Europe: an artist's impression Those of you with long memories may remember the naming of Horizon 2020. There was a competition to come up with a shortlist of names. This was then put to a public vote. Horizon 2020 won by a mere 270 votes. The runner up was Imagine 2020, which frankly sounds more like a futuristic question than a bold title. This time round they've eschewed a public