Re:UK scientists dropped from EU projects because of post-Br...
by pimterry on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @11:32AM
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She's said she won't invoke article 50 before the end of the year, so there's a little breathing room at least.
> "What is important is that we do this in the right timescale and we do it to get the right deal for the UK," Ms May told ITV television, reiterating that she would not trigger the article this year.)
http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/no-exit-trigger-unt...
There's a legal requirement as part of the Lisbon treaty that as soon as a country invokes Article 50 (leaving the EU) they have 2 years to negotiate treaties with all parties involved, after which all existing EU treaties with that country cease to apply. That means, from the day the government invokes Article 50, there is a maximum of 2 years access to EU funding for any science project in the UK. Any project that will take longer than that has pretty much zero chance of getting funded in the first place. Given the fact that Theresa May might invoke Article 50 on Thursday, getting a long term project funded is going to be impossible.