Cathleen O’GradyThe U.K. government plans to set up an “office for talent” to oversee visas and make it easier to attract top scientists after Brexit, according to an R&D road map announced today.The R&D plan builds on a budget, announced in March, that held big boosts for science.
The plan underscores the Conservative Party’s ambition to prioritize science post-Brexit, and reiterates a desire to double public R&D funding by 2024.
It also calls for reducing the bureaucracy that hampers research, increasing open-access publishing, and boosting diversity of the research workforce.