British scientists: Brexit and the rejection of the EU funds will damage British science – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, June 24 – RIA Novosti The President of the Royal Society of Britain and a number of other British scientists believe that the exit of Britain from the EU structure may damage the science of the United Kingdom, if the policy does not take into account all of the downsides of this. step, according to science Media Centre.

“in the past, science UK well-sponsored by the EU. The EU’s contribution was one of the critical additions to science funding in the UK. in the forthcoming negotiations should be to ensure that the fundamental research, the basis of the economy of sustainable development, have not been cut government must ensure that science funding will be maintained at the current level, “-. said Wreaths Ramakrishnan (Venki Ramakrishnan), President of the Royal society for the development of knowledge about the nature of

. According to him, science UK has always been an international character, including a researchers and engineers from foreign countries. According to Ramakrishnan, termination of such relationships or attenuation cause “serious harm” the science of the United Kingdom

agree with him many other scientists and physicians -. For example, a biologist Peter Kotgriv (Peter Cotgreave), head of the Microbiological Society of Great Britain He believes that Brexit can produce a lack of finances in the field of biological research, as well as to cause confusion with visas for foreign scientists.

“It’s a bad result for British science and terrible -. For the whole of the UK as a whole Science develops only when we are free to exchange ideas and people, and thrives in environments where it can build up the mind and where minimal . barriers to the free exchange of views and cooperation with each other by the British scientists will have to make a lot of effort in order to overcome the isolationist tendencies Brexit and give our science a chance to grow further, “- said geneticist Paul Nurse (Paul Nurse), head of the Institute of Francis Crick.

According to other scholars, Brexit is not a deadly poison for the British science, but it will make competition with other leaders of the world’s progress is much more difficult task, in which researchers from the UK will have to rely only on its own strength and resources. In addition, a number of problems may arise in the field of patent rights and revenue from the production of drugs, created by international groups of scientists.

Some experts, such as, for example, a psychiatrist Simon Wesley (Simon Wessely) from King’s College London , declared their readiness to move to Switzerland, the EU and other European countries. According to him, people who support Brexit, do not consider science a priority in the future will cause serious consequences for the UK if the government did not take any action right now, and will not protect the scientists British non-citizens from the exit of the consequences of the EU.