China has become Russia’s biggest scientific collaborator following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, largely because ties to the west have dramatically shrunk since the war began.
The SNSF is launching a joint call for proposals with the Ukrainian funding agency NRFU. One of the aims is to maintain research activity in Ukraine, and to reduce brain drain from the country.
With the war in Ukraine exposing a wider lack of resilience in global science systems, a new report by European academies is calling for the development of comprehensive and coordinated policy responses to protect and rebuild of science systems after a crisis.
In February, Russia invaded Ukraine, upending everything we thought we knew about geopolitics and energy supply - and pushing science into the direct line of fire. On the ever-growing list of sanctions against Russia, governments in Europe and North America introduced blanket bans on joint research and education projects with Russian institutions, and sought to halt exports of critical technologies.
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