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UK scientists win £500m in science grants from the EU Horizon scheme after a return from the Brexit lockout.

British scientists are “over the moon” to be back in the EU’s flagship science research programme Horizon after a three-year Brexit lockout.

New data reveals they have been awarded about £500 million (€587m) in grants since re-entry.

mediafaro.org/article/20250505

The Guardian · UK scientists win £500m in science grants from the EU Horizon scheme after a return from the Brexit lockout.By Lisa O'Carroll
#UK#EU#Science

This is absolutely fantastic news. #Brexit screwed the UK’s access to research funding and made collaboration with European universities more difficult, so re-entering the #Horizon scheme (albeit in a small way) is something to be celebrated. theguardian.com/science/2025/m

The Guardian · UK wins £500m in science grants from EU Horizon scheme after Brexit lockoutBy Lisa O'Carroll

If #NSF Snoozes, #TACC’s “#Horizon#Supercomputer Loses
#NationalScienceFoundation is front and center on proposed cuts in spending by Trump, those cuts, if they should come to pass, will undercut scientific research and computing tools that make it possible.
NSF is conduit for lots of #research and half of the spending in #US for reasonably large capability-class (strong scaling for large workloads) and capacity-class (weaker scaling for many workloads) #supercomputers.
nextplatform.com/2025/04/28/if

The Next Platform · If NSF Snoozes, Then TACC’s “Horizon” Supercomputer LosesIt is a tumultuous time for any agency in the US government or any company or organization that depends on the US government for a sizable portion of its