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LONDON \u2014 Top researchers in the U.K. and Europe have called on leaders to use the final stages of Brexit talks to reach a deal on science collaboration, warning of the \u201cfundamental and long-term consequences\u201d if relations break down.<\/p>\n

The plea to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen comes amid growing concerns the U.K. is planning to walk away from taking part in Horizon Europe, the EU\u2019s roughly \u20ac12-billion-a-year R&D scheme.<\/p>\n

U.K. officials and science policy experts have warned that the financial contribution due from London has become a big stumbling block in the negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the final opportunity to use these negotiations to ensure that future generations everywhere can continue to benefit from the results of U.K.-EU scientific collaboration,\u201d reads the letter, signed by Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust; Paul Nurse, Nobel-prize winner and director of the Francis Crick Institute; and Pascal Lamy, former EU trade commissioner and director of the Jacques Delors Institute, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cA decision against U.K. participation in Horizon Europe would have fundamental and long-term consequences,\u201d they write. \u201cIt would fracture European research collaboration \u2026 It would also hold back our collective efforts to compete on the global stage, not least with countries including China and the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some British MPs have said they fear the government will not secure participation in Horizon Europe beyond 2021. \u201cI do worry we are moving away from association to the program,\u201d one Conservative MP said.<\/p>\n

Fair price<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In London, conversations have in recent months centered on how much Britain would be asked to pay into the program versus how much it would receive.<\/p>\n

Modeling by a group of British vice chancellors, Universities UK, has estimated that the fee \u2014 likely to be based on GDP \u2014 could end up at \u20ac3 billion more than the amount that British researchers would win back over the seven-year program. A more pessimistic estimate, also by Universities UK, said that gap could reach nearly \u20ac8 billion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government is just looking for something that is potentially not so disadvantageous over the long term,\u201d said Vivienne Stern, director of the international arm of Universities UK.<\/p>\n

Draft rules for Horizon Europe would see the EU retain the right to ask countries for more money if they are very successful.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the current financial climate, we don\u2019t think a one-way correction mechanism is fair,\u201d said Stern. \u201cIf the U.K contribution to the program significantly outstrips its receipts \u2026 there should also be a mechanism to correct downwards. That seems a matter of natural justice to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The government\u2019s position, restated in July<\/a>, continues to be that it would associate to Horizon Europe \u201cif a fair and balanced deal\u201d can be achieved.<\/p>\n

But some MPs and university representatives suggest the government may be talking up the costs of Horizon Europe as a political strategy.<\/p>\n

Labour MP Darren Jones, who heads the House of Commons business committee, said it is \u201cwidely accepted\u201d that the benefits outweigh the costs. \u201cArguments that the financial contributions are just too high to take part need to be closely scrutinized to ensure we\u2019re being led by the evidence and not by Brexit ideology,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would the U.K., at full force, be less successful [at winning funds] in the future than in the past? The British haven\u2019t become more stupid than in the past,\u201d said Kurt Deketelaere, secretary-general of the League of European Research Universities.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnless I see somebody coming up with [official] figures \u2026 I still suspect that this is an argument that the U.K. government is developing in order to make sure that the university sector [stops] their push for association,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Both the U.K. government and the European Commission declined to comment on how much the U.K. had been asked to pay to the scheme.<\/p>\n

Trust issues<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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