Watchdog’s investment body findings prompt concern over UK research ‘leadership’

Watchdog’s investment body findings prompt concern over UK research ‘leadership’

The National Audit Office identified problems at UK Research and Innovation, an arm’s length body considered key to Government priorities.Ongoing shor ...

UKRI Must Do More To Drive Innovation Agenda And Avoid Fraud - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

The UKRI, the largest single public funder of research and innovation in the UK, needs funding assurance. The UK research and innovation: Providing support through grants report by the National Audit Committee (NAO) found that the organisation’s ongoing challenges include a lack of joined-up direction from government departments; inefficient data systems; and the need to consider how to further support well-managed risk-taking through organisati…

£5m award to help commercialise Lincoln-led agri-tech research - East Midlands Business Link

A new partnership led by the University of Lincoln, to develop a globally recognised agri-tech innovation cluster in the East of England, has received a major national funding award from Research England to advance commercialisation of research through new spin-out companies. Agri-tech Commercialisation Ecosystems (ACE), a partnership project from the universities of Lincoln, Cambridge and […]

UK: University led partnership receives funding for agritech research

Agri-tech Commercialization Ecosystems (ACE), a partnership project from the universities of Lincoln, Cambridge, and East Anglia, has been awarded £5 million by the UKRI-Research England CCF-RED Fund. This funding will enable the creation of a national agri-tech 'Technology Transfer Office' and the new…