Author: UKRI

The action plan builds on progress made since the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council’s (BBSRC) first equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) action plan published in 2023. The plan identifies where more work is needed to address ongoing challenges, including: the under-representation of female leaders inequity across ethnic groups bias in peer review Progress since […]

The Rosalind Franklin Institute and Henry Royce Institute will share just over £160 million of public funding from the UK government through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for the next five years. This funding will help them build on their record of improving lives and driving growth. To mark the announcement, Science Minister Chris McDonald […]

Innovate UK is investing in the UK’s next generation of createch innovators through Next Wave, a new growth programme for ambitious micro businesses and small to medium enterprises (SME) working at the intersection of creative and technology frontiers. The programme will support businesses to develop and commercialise innovative products and services, while connecting them to […]

Making the announcement at the Universities UK conference, Minister McDonald hailed the programme that will identify the barriers to collaboration and find practical ways to overcome them. He introduced the first two funding opportunities that will enable groups to identify barriers and solutions, pilot new collaborations, and seed regional innovation partnerships across multiple organisations. New […]

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 […]