• Question: Will brexit effect the funding for your research?

    Asked by Isaac to Jack, Gem, Jermaine, Michelle, Steve on 10 Jun 2017.
    • Photo: Michelle Jamieson

      Michelle Jamieson answered on 10 Jun 2017:

      The University and I aren’t entirely sure yet. I’m hoping it doesn’t!

    • Photo: Gemma Taylor

      Gemma Taylor answered on 12 Jun 2017:

      At the moment Brexit does not impact my research funding.

    • Photo: Jermaine Ravalier

      Jermaine Ravalier answered on 12 Jun 2017:

      I don’t think anyone is 100% sure, but it’s definitely going to be harder to attract EU funding. All that means is we’ll have to be more creative – work with networks outside of the EU etc – there are ways around this thing!

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      Steven Brown answered on 12 Jun 2017:

      In the long-term, it is entirely possible that it will. I am currently based on a Pharmacy department, but will be moving back into a Psychology position soon. Psychology does not get as much funding as hard sciences and relies on EU sources of funding. It’s something that I do worry about, but there’s little I can do just now.

      In Scotland, of the around 15 or 16 Universities, two account for about half of all of the research funding – Glasgow University and The University of Edinburgh. They are older and more established, and Edinburgh receives lots of money from donations in people’s wills when they die. I wonder if more of this sort of thing – and donations from wealthy people when they are still alive – might make up the difference.

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      Jack barton answered on 13 Jun 2017:

      The funding for my PhD research is currently fixed and so Brexit will not immediately affect me.

      However, it is possible that in the future that this will change and I see the negative effect of exiting the European Union on my research.

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