At least 22 UK-based scientists have decided to leave the United Kingdom, fearing that they would lose European funding amid stalling Brexit negotiations.
Scientists and engineers told Sky News the UK's position as a world leader in research is at risk from "significant brain drain", as top academics are giving up hope of the government negotiating membership of the Horizon Europe programme and are preparing to leave the country.
After three months without a Minister for Science, Liz Truss has now appointed Nusrat Ghani to the position. However, senior scientists and vice chancellors are warning that the government is no longer committed to a deal on associate membership of the EU research association.
"Nobody told me I have to leave, but it wasn't a welcoming environment," said Moritz Treeck who leads a team studying malaria at the Francis Crick Institute in London. "I didn't want to take the insecurity of the condition of...