Author: UKRI

Materials, whether electronics, pharmaceuticals or engineering components, have transformed the modern world. They have also become critical in addressing some of our most pressing socioeconomic challenges through new technologies that improve lives across the world. In examining materials down to the atomic level, researchers can develop new and improved materials with transformational applications in areas […]

Dr Roger Eccleston has been appointed as the new STFC Executive Director, National Laboratories: Large Scale Facilities and Head of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Roger has been interim Executive Director since November 2024 and was appointed after a rigorous and highly competitive recruitment and selection process. Roger will play a critical role in delivering and shaping […]

The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Hartree Centre has partnered with IBM and UKAEA, to work on the design of future experimental fusion powerplants. The collaboration will combine the Hartree Centre and IBM’s expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) and extreme scale computing with UKAEA’s data and modelling capabilities. Together, they will create a foundation […]

The evaluation From the outcomes of rounds one to six of the fund, the interim evaluation of the programme: provides insight on progress against the fund’s objectives reflects on the design of the programme highlights the positive impacts on the research capacity and capabilities of higher education providers (HEPs) Commissioned by Research England, it has […]

STFC, part of UK Research and Innovation, has scooped the prestigious 2024 Sir Arthur Clarke Awards, winning the industry-team project category for outstanding support for space tech start-ups. This year’s award celebrates the achievements of the STFC Innovation Clusters team and the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre UK (ESA BIC UK) team. Empowering space […]

The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) RAL Space and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have combined expertise to build a new national centre, the Small Satellite Calibration Facility. The new national centre will be used for testing and calibrating instruments on small, cube and nano satellites. Era of ‘new space’ In the era of […]

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) coordinates the UK’s interests in the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), working with the academic and industrial community and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The SKAO and STFC have now agreed to lay the foundation of the SKAO Africa programme. The programme is aimed at […]