Author: UKRI

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 […]

The Medical Research Council (MRC), in partnership with the British Heart Foundation (BHF), is investing £72 million in the UK Obesity Research Institute (UK-ORI). It will be dedicated to tackling one of the UK’s most significant health challenges. The investment from BHF will be focused on research into the impact of obesity on cardiovascular disease. […]

Clinicians and researchers are studying the tailored vaccine, designed to match the unique genetic changes found in patient Chris Jones’s tumour in this early-stage clinical trial. Chris, who lives in Hoylake, on the Wirral, has advanced lung cancer that has only partially responded to standard immunotherapy treatment. It is hoped the vaccine will boost her […]

Technologies developed through the five-year SWIMMR (Space Weather Innovation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk) programme are already being used in live forecasting systems. They help the UK respond faster to extreme space weather events. An independent evaluation, carried out by Frazer-Nash Consultancy, highlights how the programme is transforming how the UK prepares for major solar events […]

The new MRC Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Mitochondrial Genome Therapeutics brings together leading experts from across disciplines to define how mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) cause disease. They will then translate that knowledge into therapies. Mitochondrial diseases No cure currently exists for mitochondrial diseases, a group of genetic disorders that affect around one […]

The 2026 cohort includes entrepreneurs working on innovations that could improve healthcare, strengthen supply chains, support the transition to net zero and help UK businesses compete in global markets. Of the 100 women recognised: 61 award winners will receive a £75,000 grant alongside 12 months of tailored business support, training, networking and mentoring opportunities a […]

The GTV is a key UK research visa, supporting the most exceptional minds from across the globe to work on funded research projects at UK research-intensive businesses. The flexible visa allows individuals to move between projects and enhance high-growth sectors. So far, through the endorsed funder pathway, UKRI has helped over 12,500 talented people from […]