Academics are warning of a funding crisis for UK -based research programmes if a Brexit deal excludes an agreement on science. The UK government has guaranteed research funds awarded in the £62bn ($ more than £50,000 ) Cardiff University Horizon three months programme, but funding beyond 2020 remains unclear, leaving academics unable to plan for future projects. “In my judgment we are likely to have a hard Brexit, or at best an unresolved research funding picture. Cardiff University is considering offering researchers joint contracts with Europeans universities, while Imperial College London has announced double contracts with the Technical University of Munich . Horizon Europe currently funds 38% of the UK 's archaeological research, while the arts, humanities and social science are also at risk, according to Royal Society analysis.
Academics are warning of a funding crisis for UK -based research programmes if a Brexit deal excludes an agreement on science. The UK government has guaranteed research funds awarded in the £62bn ($ more than £50,000 ) Cardiff University Horizon three months programme, but funding beyond 2020 remains unclear, leaving academics unable to plan for future projects. Cardiff University is considering offering researchers joint contracts with Europeans universities, while Imperial College London has announced double contracts with the Technical University of Munich . Horizon Europe currently funds 38% of the UK 's archaeological research, while the arts, humanities and social science are also at risk, according to Royal Society analysis.