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<p>From the start of Horizon 2020 to February 2016 UK participants won a total of
€1.8bn or around 15% of all awards made<sup>1</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>While the UK remains
a member of the EU, funding and collaboration arrangements continue unchanged. Researchers
can continue to bid for competitive EU research funding such as Horizon 2020 while
we remain a member of the EU. The Government will work with the Commission to ensure
payment when funds are awarded. The Treasury will underwrite the payment of such awards,
even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU. Access
to apply to Horizon 2020 and subsequent funding programmes after we leave the EU will
be a matter for the negotiations that will follow the triggering of Article 50.</p><p><sup>1</sup><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-participation-in-horizon-2020-and-framework-programme-7"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-participation-in-horizon-2020-and-framework-programme-7</a></p>
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