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...If we play our cards right in the global R&D race, the UK can become a destination of choice for more business R&D investment....
...Swiss public spending on R&D in 2021 was 16 per cent lower than in 2019, the Federal Statistical Office said. The fall was due mainly to the country’s forced departure from Horizon....
...“The area was competitive, so we thought we’d just deal with it,” she says....
...“Children are the R&D department of the human species — the blue-sky guys, the brainstormers. Adults are production and marketing,” as Alison Gopnik memorably wrote in her book The Philosophical Baby....
...He added: “Our agreement ties together the really strong knot that already exists between scientists in Britain and Sweden, which we need to carry out R&D for the future of society.”...
...Letter in response to this article: Rejoining Horizon puts Britain back in the global R&D race / From Sam Laidlaw, Chair, National Centre for Universities and Business, London SE1, UK...
...The UK spends billions on R&D but relative peanuts on the gatekeepers that bring products to market. The balance needs to be adjusted. And relatively speaking, you’ll get a lot of bang for your buck....
...In a letter to Congress co-authored by senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), the Biden administration was urged to clamp down on the sector’s use as a means of financing terrorism....
...D centres, led by South Korea and Israel....
...The prospect of bringing spending under one scheme meant “R&D-intensive companies may be looking at this with a bit of trepidation”, said Neil Ross, associate director of policy at trade group TechUK....
...“We are prepared to support our R&D sector in all scenarios,” a spokesperson said....
...It combines a sweeping blend of proposals to fund more R&D within the UK, enhance the country’s research infrastructure, develop new international collaborations and train more scientists and engineers....
...“Not associating Horizon Europe will simply reduce the UK’s R&D attractiveness and incentivise businesses to invest in R&D elsewhere,” said Reid....
...He tells me the UK government’s R&D budget is approaching £20bn a year, and that private-sector R&D now exceeds public money roughly threefold....
...I’d always assumed affirmative action worked at the level of acceptances, but after the ban, students didn’t apply even though a lot were strong and would have got in.”...
...D start-ups — for the government to close this deal.”...
...“What the R&D sector needs to see is a clear signal from both the UK government and EU that full UK participation in EU programmes remains the priority, so that talks can begin in parallel to Windsor framework...
...Promotion chasing (Twitter) — Massive UK R&D expenditure boost, sort of (Twitter thread) — Executives are backing away from ESG as recession risks mount (Bloomberg $) — Juul prepares to enter financing...
...Its report was echoed by one from the centre-right think-tank Onward, which urged the successor to outgoing premier Boris Johnson to “be more assertive at targeting R&D spending into areas of strategic strength...
...That extra “r” in the name is no typo: in Franchin’s words, this new space will act variously as “academy, ark and archive”....
...It is not implausible to imagine a connection between this funnelling and, say, the productivity crisis in pharmaceutical R&D, or the “Great Stagnation” described by economist Tyler Cowen....
...But pick up a copy of D&D’s Monster Manual and you will find graceful elves, thuggish orcs and skilled dwarven craftsmen: the world that D&D players inhabit is the world that Tolkien made....
...We’ll be back on Tuesday, January 10th after some R&R — but be sure to look out for a special edition of the newsletter in early January....
...New cancer treatment R&D centre | The UK government is partnering with German Covid-19 vaccine maker BioNTech to enrol up to 10,000 patients in clinical trials for cutting-edge cancer treatments....
...The Big Fund also channelled much of its funding into companies that would soon be profitable, leaving less cash for longer-term R&D efforts....
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