Mark Ferguson said a funding gap would emerge if Britain left the European research innovation programme, which Ireland would have to fill JASON CLARKEThe government could have to pay up to €125 million to fund joint Irish-UK research projects after Brexit, the chief scientific adviser has said. Mark Ferguson was giving evidence to a Seanad committee on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. He said Ireland was on track to win €1.25 billion in EU funding for research programmes after Brexit. However, he said that if the UK leaves the European research innovation programme a funding gap of about €125 million would emerge, which Ireland would have to fill. On Wednesday Mr Ferguson, the director general of Science Foundation Ireland, told the committee: “Science Foundation Ireland will require a substantial increase in budget in order to be able to fund the Irish component of these bilateral research…

Source: The Times October 11, 2019 23:07 UTC