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Nearly 20 years ago, the Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and university partners committed to creating an entirely new type of institute: the Francis Crick Institute. A shared vision and investment Our shared vision was to create a world-leading home for discovery research. We wanted to bring together cross-disciplinary scientific teams […]

UKRI’s evaluation, published today (6 November 2026), finds that a long-term, coordinated approach to investing in quantum research, skills and commercialisation has helped create: more than 2,000 highly skilled jobs 74 spinout companies an estimated £482 million of private investment The National Quantum Technologies Showcase 2026 opens in London today. More than 3,500 delegates from […]

Further information Hub summaries in alphabetical order by research organisation AI and Emerging Technologies for Next Generation Brain Health Clinics (BRAINIAC) hub Led by: Professor David Llewellyn, University of Exeter. Partners include: Dementia UK Alzheimer’s Society National Institute for Health and Care Research HealthTech Research Centre New blood tests, brain scans and digital tools can […]

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is working with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and the Home Office to expand the FTRI scheme under the Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa route. It enables eligible UK businesses working on critical technologies to host international researchers, scientists, interns and technical specialists for research, training and […]

The service has been built to current government digital standards. It is faster, more reliable and easier to use, and is still open to everyone with no need to register or sign in. Advance knowledge, improve lives, drive growth GtR lets anyone search projects funded by UKRI’s research councils and Innovate UK. It shows who […]

HEIF returns £14.80 for every £1 invested. Research England has today launched a consultation on proposed changes to the formula used to allocate the HEIF. This would be the first significant change to the formula’s underlying design since it was introduced in 2008. HEIF gives universities in England flexible funding to build knowledge exchange capability, […]

Research England has set out a refreshed vision and funding approach for English universities. It has confirmed changes to a number of targeted funding streams from the 2027 to 2028 academic year while maintaining core research and knowledge exchange funding. The changes follow a period of engagement with the English higher education sector during summer […]

The discovery, supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), provides evidence for the rarest decay of a ‘beauty’ particle ever seen at the LHC. The result brings physicists closer to exploring the ‘Zeptoverse’, a world of extremely small distances, around a billionth of a trillionth of a metre. Here new particles and fundamental […]

The six-year programme forms a key part of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) strategy to enable the public to engage with and influence research and innovation. Young people and communities It will focus particularly on young people and communities that are currently underrepresented in research and innovation. The programme will: help them explore how research […]

A UK biotechnology company has successfully completed a landmark mission to the ISS that could pave the way for manufacturing next-generation cancer therapies in space. BioOrbit is using space infrastructure to produce protein crystals that could enable cancer treatments to be delivered by an at-home injection, instead of intravenously in hospital. Harnessing microgravity to rethink […]