The UK’s scientific institutions are stepping up investment plans in the face of attacks on research by Donald Trump’s administration, unveiling 10-year official funding guarantees and fellowships open to experts fleeing the US.
The initiatives to be unveiled by the UK government, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering within days will bolster efforts to woo international talent and give extra financial stability to long-term projects in fast-advancing fields such as quantum computing and bacterial resistance.
The measures amount to an effort to Trump-proof British science against the kind of sudden funding cuts and ideological suppression of research seen in the US.