In the framework of the dealforscience petition launched by 

Our top 12 science facts from 2019

19 December 2019

by Josefine Kroll

The first figures have emerged demonstrating that Brexit uncertainty has adversely affected UK research, writes By Pallab Ghosh, Science correspondent, BBC News

They show Britain's annual share of EU research funding has fallen by nearly a third since 2015.

Nominated for Innovation and Youth commissioner, Gabriel is expected to take on an expanded portfolio, merging education with research and innovation. She will move from her current post overseeing digital policy

By Éanna Kelly

Siemens is a Germany-based conglomerate company which specializes in engineering, electronics, and medical electrical devices.

The Commission will today announce that the EU’s satellite navigation system Galileo will on Tuesday reach 1 billion users. The record number comes in handy as a 15th birthday present for the Prague-based European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency, the body responsible for space and for operating Galileo.

The EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas announced the names of the experts who have been selected as members* of the mission boards to work on five major European research and innovation missions.

Tomorrow will see a new Prime Minister take on the BREXIT challenge. Specifically, he has not ruled out a no deal scenario. Delivering the deal negotiated with the EU remains the government’s top priority. This has not changed. The text below is the governments current advice to UK participants. It deals with funding issues.

Horizon Europe will be based on two legal acts: one laying down its structure, rules for participation and dissemination, the other containing the Specific Programme that sets out thematic clusters and the broad lines of action for future research and innovation activities. In April 2019 the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on the two legal acts.