As a result of Brexit disputes over Northern Ireland, the EU has blocked the UK from participating in Horizon Europe, an £80billion research programme that allows scientists to access EU grants and collaborate with European researchers. The European Research Council (ERC), which is the bloc’s main research funding agency, told the UK-based applicants that those who were promised grants must move to the EU, or a Horizon-associated country, within two months or else be replaced by other applicants. New data shows that at least 20 researchers from UK universities have had their grants terminated for refusing to move to the EU.. Is this a brexit revenge?

