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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Anna Fazackerley

Brexit causes collapse in European research funding for Oxbridge

Cambridge University has seen its post-Brexit funding from EU research grants plummet in the past two years
Cambridge University has seen its post-Brexit funding from EU research grants plummet in the past two years. Photograph: Nicholas T Ansell/PA

One of the UK’s most prestigious universities has seen its funding from a large European research programme plummet from £62m a year to nothing since Brexit, new figures show.

The latest statistics from the European Commission reveal that Cambridge University, which netted €483m (£433m) over the seven years of the last European research funding programme, Horizon 2020, has not received any funding in the first two years of the new Horizon Europe programme.

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