Author: UKRI

The situation UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) new five-year strategy sets out our ambition to reduce grant processing times by at least 50% by 2031. We will achieve this through both automation and staff expertise and working in partnership with researchers and research organisations. At the same time, we know that application volumes for some […]

The strategy will deliver benefits for people across the UK, including: better mobile coverage on trains new materials developed in space to support the NHS smarter environmental management stronger protection for the power systems and satellites we all rely on The strategy replaces the National Space Strategy published in 2021 and will contribute to delivery […]

As part of his visit, he officially opened the UK Space and Defence Gateway. The Gateway is aligned with the principles of the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s (SMI) Astra Carta, a global framework launched by His Majesty, as Prince of Wales. These are designed to ensure the space sector supports a sustainable future. During the visit, […]

As part of his visit, he officially opened the UK Space and Defence Gateway. The Gateway is aligned with the principles of the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s (SMI) Astra Carta, a global framework launched by His Majesty, as Prince of Wales. These are designed to ensure the space sector supports a sustainable future. During the visit, […]

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has published its annual report and accounts for the 2025 to 2026 financial year, which looks at the range of research and innovation it has supported. Highlights include: supporting the development of a promising new antibiotic that’s effective against drug-resistant diseases, like MRSA investing in new solar cells that can […]

An international team has discovered a third planet orbiting the nearby star Beta Pictoris. The new planet, Beta Pictoris d, is 100 times fainter than Beta Pictoris b, the first planet discovered in the same system. It is among the lightest exoplanets ever imaged from the ground. This first clear detection of Beta Pictoris d […]

Seven UK start-ups have joined the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre UK (ESA BIC UK), to develop technologies that address industrial challenges and deliver practical benefits in space and on Earth. Together, they aim to boost productivity, efficiency and decision-making across sectors from construction to environmental monitoring, helping strengthen the UK economy and the […]

The 12-month study will gather the first real-world evidence on whether underground farming can be run at commercial scale, using a facility built largely for particle physics rather than agriculture. The study is supported by a UK Research and Innovation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) STFC Facility Access Fund award for bioscience partnerships. […]

HateLab, led by Professor Matthew Williams of Cardiff University, has shown that spikes in online hate speech can be followed by increases in hate crime offline. This highlights the growing consequences of digital harms for society. The film, ‘Is the internet broken?’, explores how the internet has evolved and how research is helping to understand […]

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has today set out how its prioritisation programme will affect the research projects in its Particle Physics, Astronomy and Nuclear Physics (PPAN) portfolio. Due to increased costs forecast in the future, the research council has conducted a prioritisation exercise for future […]