Sir Paul Nurse: UKRI cuts are ‘existential threat’ to science

Nobelist and Crick director calls on UK government to ‘come to its senses’ over possible ‘triple whammy’ hit to science funding

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March 24, 2021

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March 24, 2021

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Paul Nurse, speaking at the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit, concerned about cuts to UK research funding, UKRI, Horizon Europe

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