The UK has joined the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC), which not only allows the UK access to Europe’s cutting-edge supercomputing facilities, but also funding through the Horizon Europe-funded portion of the EuroHPC.

At the end of last year, after a three-year hiatus, the UK rejoined Europe’s flagship research and development fund Horizon Europe.

Under the agreement reached between London and Brussels, the UK will become an associate member of the €95bn (£81bn) Horizon Europe programme. The news was welcomed by the UK’s R&D sector as it means access to grants under the scheme and opportunities for international collaboration.

In another boost to UK research, it has now been announced that the UK has joined the EuroHPC. This means that the UK has access to the Horizon Europe-funded portion of EuroHPC, which is worth around £770m from 2021 to 2027.

With match funding from the UK government, the UK’s supercomputing research community can now bid for further...