Science-friendly budget poses tough questions for UK research Spending commitments on Aria, Horizon Europe and UKRI should be welcomed ¨C as should the Treasury¡¯s growing scrutiny of UK and EU research structures, says John Womersley By John Womersley 29 October
The budget has finally given UKRI a strategic purpose Focusing on how to deliver the UK government¡¯s big ambitions for science could arrest the troubled funder¡¯s drift, says John Womersley By John Womersley 16 March
The EU will not tolerate cherry-picking by the UK UK academics love the ERC, but selective participation in Horizon Europe is unlikely to be on the table, says John Womersley By John Womersley 20 February
Why shouldn¡¯t the UK¡¯s Darpa be within UKRI? Conservative mistrust of the existing research funding system demands a re-examination of its uneasy compromises, says John Womersley By John Womersley 5 November
