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   On 24 December, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a Brexit
   deal that would preserve access to several European research programs.
   Paul Grover AP

Brexit deal secures U.K. access to European research funds

   By Nicholas WallaceDec. 28, 2020 , 4:10 PM
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   research program, which will spend €85 billion over the next 7 years.

   Mike Galsworthy, co-founder of anti-Brexit campaign group Scientists
   for EU and a visiting researcher at the London School of Hygiene &
   Tropical Medicine, is pleased by the access to Horizon Europe funds.
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   U.K.-based researchers were among the largest beneficiaries of Horizon
   2020, Horizon Europe’s predecessor, but there were fears that
   post-Brexit Horizon Europe membership might be too costly. Non-EU
   countries can pay for “associate” status, allowing researchers to apply
   for and receive EU funding on more or less the same basis as EU