Science funding
ESPRC funds more PhDs and its pan-euro nature makes it easier for research and collaboration.

Also as a chemist REACH helps control and reduce hazardous chemical use. Useful if you work with stuff that can do a full on raiders of the lost ark on your face, like I do.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 6 Jul 2016, 19:10, 2 replies)

When it comes to any form of direct cash payment such as funding or regional development
the fact that the UK pays in more to the EU than it gets back means it's a moot point. Of course, leaving the EU means expecting funding from the Tories rather than Brussels, but that just means you have to vote responsibly in the next election.

The REACH issue means that you think eurocrats overseas care more about the health and safety of UK workers than the UK agencies responsible do, which is almost ludicrous considering how the UK leads Europe in "injured at work?" court cases.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Wed 6 Jul 2016, 19:56, closed)

The point regarding research is not so much to do with monetary investment but the opportunities for international collaborative activity.
If you do want it to be about money though, it was one of the areas where the UK did do disproportionately well.

Regarding health and safety, how does the UK leading on court cases prove your point? Maybe it just points towards a problem with litigious culture or our workforce being made up of clumsy idiots.
( Pig Bodine., Thu 7 Jul 2016, 13:41, closed)

my point about court cases is that corporations already have an incentive
to implement extremely stringent quality controls and workplace safety, because UK's litigation culture makes them much more susceptible to massive payouts for worker injuries compared to other places in the EU.

I don't know enough about your field to discuss international co-operation, but knowing that tools like Thompson Reuters' Web of Knowledge exist means that there other incentives for international collaboration outside the established EU frameworks.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 7 Jul 2016, 14:23, closed)

HA! Fat lot of good the EU has done science. We have FEMALE GHOSTBUSTERS now for christ's sake.

( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Thu 7 Jul 2016, 18:02, closed)