UK prime minister voices commitment to science in wake of Brexit

BBC : Newly elected prime minister Theresa May is wasting no time in addressing the concerns of scientists and researchers over the recent vote by the UK to leave the European Union. Through its association with the EU, the UK has been receiving about £850 million ($1 billion) in research funding each year, and some 30 000 EU scientists are working at UK universities. Since the Brexit vote, that funding will most likely be discontinued, and it has already been reported that grant applications by UK scientists for EU funds are being refused and that EU scientists have declined to accept posts in the UK. To address scientists’ concerns over the Brexit decision, May sent a letter to Paul Nurse, director of the Francis Crick Institute in London and former president of the Royal Society, in which she reaffirmed the UK government’s commitment to doing all it can to support scientists and scientific research funding.