Author: UKRI

[ad_1] The UK has been associated to Horizon Europe since January 2024. Now that all remaining guarantee-eligible calls (those in the 2021, 2022, or 2023 Work Programmes) have announced their results, nearly all potential applicants should be in a position to apply to the guarantee. We would like to remind applicants to the Horizon Europe […]

[ad_1] Professor Michele Dougherty has been approved by King Charles III to be the new Astronomer Royal, and will be the first woman to hold this position since the role was first created in 1675. The role of Astronomer Royal was first created with the goal of discovering how to determine longitude at sea when […]

[ad_1] The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Focal Awards will champion the next generation of researchers, offering future-facing training in areas vital to the UK’s creative economy and societal wellbeing. The awards will foster the strategic skills needed in arts and humanities research which align closely with AHRC’s vision, mission, and theory of […]

[ad_1] These include: asthma chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder inflammatory bowel disease Chronic inflammation-related diseases have been estimated to cause over half of all deaths worldwide. Unlocking the processes behind these diseases is crucial to saving lives through developing better prevention and treatments. A multidisciplinary collaboration The MRC Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Exposome Immunology […]

[ad_1] UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) investment in Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) will continue its ground-breaking UK-wide data-linking and research projects. Transformational impact Since launching in 2018, its work has had transformational impact on a wide range of public health, justice, economic and social care issues. Pay rises for UK workers It helped […]

[ad_1] Collecting the outcomes of the research we fund is essential to UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) role as an investor of public money, enabling us to maximise the benefit to lives and livelihoods from the work we do. We are now conducting a review of award holder reporting questions to minimise undue researcher burden, […]

[ad_1] Five research partnerships will study ways to: clean up contaminated mine water develop new geological tools for extracting rare earth minerals, vital for magnets identify mineral-rich volcanic deposits drive sustainable mining practices by co-extracting critical minerals with gold and copper make critical mineral supply chains recyclable and more secure Why this matters This matters […]

[ad_1] Now fully operational, Isambard-AI based at the University of Bristol will give UK researchers access to world-class computing power, which is the lifeblood of artificial intelligence (AI). This will provide the processing power needed to train AI models and process complex calculations at lightning speed. Speeding up scientific advances Helen Godwin, the new Mayor […]

[ad_1] Many industries could benefit, but smaller, lighter solar panels harnessing these two breakthroughs could especially help the shipping sector, which produces 3% of global carbon emissions. Potential outcomes include: reduced emissions lower costs savings in materials less waste These new panels could achieve carbon payback in under a year, less than half the time […]