52% voted for it, and not a single positive reaction from a scientist? "OMG, all the smart scientists are against Brexit so if I'm smart, I must be against it too!" Propaganda at its finest...
This is an area where "Eastern Europeans stealing my job, but former colonies are OK" or "Who is the president of the EC or EU Parliament" kind of problems does not matter.
EU funding blabla. You wonder why the Swiss universities still do so well.. I don't think the leavers ever said the transistion was going to be painless.
Swiss universities and businesses can also apply to many EU funding.