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Thousands of people could see their energy bills cut and their homes powered by local, renewable energy thanks to new government funding.

UK scientists, researchers and businesses can continue to participate in and lead Horizon 2020 projects and apply for Horizon 2020 grant funding. The vast majority of Horizon 2020 projects will be able to continue as before during the transition period and beyond.

UKRI is showcasing a large, hands-on exhibition, at a two-day, family-friendly festival of science and engineering at Swindon’s STEAM Museum on 21 and 22 February.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has today launched a consultation as part of its Open Access Review. The consultation will inform the development of a new open access policy, aimed at ensuring that the published outputs of research are widely and freely accessible to all.

Ten new research projects, jointly funded by the Fund for International Collaboration via UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), USA’s National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), will design durable new sensors for biological, chemical and/or physical signals in the soil and wireless technologies that can transmit the data through the soil.

Two innovative UKRI-funded research projects have won major awards at the Newton Prize 2019, which this year celebrates inspiring global development work taking place in China, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Dame Judith Macgregor has been appointed as the new Chair of the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Strategic Advisory Group.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will launch two pilot calls to trial streamlined application processes.

A new national research centre will help UK business develop high-value products faster and more reliably while avoiding potentially costly manufacturing errors.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has bolstered the leadership of the flagship international development research scheme, the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), with a new senior appointment to its Challenge Leader team.

Building on our infrastructure opportunities report, together with the landscape report and to encourage and help everyone access research and innovation infrastructure, UKRI has launched a new interactive portal.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has appointed Dr Tony Soteriou as its first Director for Commercialisation of Research.

On Thursday 13 February UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will launch a consultation as part of its Open Access Review.

UKRI’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) have launched JUST AI, a network of researchers and practitioners, in partnership with The Ada Lovelace Institute, that will establish a multidisciplinary research base around ‘just AI’ - AI that is ethical, works for the common good and is effectively governed and regulated.

UK citizens are set to contribute to world-leading research on air quality, plastic pollution, period poverty, farming methods and many other issues that directly affect their lives. 

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has appointed an additional 16 members to eight of the Councils which make up UKRI, bringing membership close to full capacity. 

£20 million has been made available for novel coronavirus research via a rapid research call announced today by UKRI and DHSC via NIHR.

UK Research and Innovation Transformation Director Geoff Robins has announced he will leave the role at the end of March for personal reasons.