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Vital new research across Africa have been funded by the COVID-19 Africa Rapid Grant Fund led by the National Research Foundation (NRF) South Africa and supported by an international collaboration of funders including UK Research and Innovation.

Life science companies can find out more about the UK’s biggest health programme and opportunities to get involved by signing up for a webinar taking place on Thursday 1 October.

An international team of scientists led by the University of Bristol and funded by UKRI has found a feature of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that could be used to stop it from infecting human cells.

To celebrate the UN’s Global Goals Week, highlighting 10 years left to achieve the sustainable development goals, listen to experts discussing the role of global research and innovation partnerships

URKI is announcing nearly one quarter of a million pounds in funding for projects to address plastic waste and improve the UK’s recycling capabilities during Recycle Week.

UK Research and Innovation Chief Executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser spoke of her vision for of a system “in which everyone has the opportunity to participate and from which everyone benefits” at an online event today about the relationship between science and society.

New exhibition brings visitors face-to-face with the people behind the headlines, as IWM explores 100 years of refugee experiences.

The Prime Minister today visited the Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre, which will start producing vaccines before the end of 2021, thanks to a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) investment of nearly £200m.  

New digital database to provide unprecedented access to the past, present and future of Glastonbury Festival.

Researchers have identified how cells in our brains work together to join up memories of separate experiences, allowing us to make educated guesses in everyday life.

Projects to find new treatments for cancer, using whole genome sequencing, have received a £8m funding boost from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), it was announced today.

In the first of a series of discussion pieces, our chief executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser shares her views on the importance of diversity and how rethinking the system could support positive change.

A global conference on assisting and supporting survivors of modern slavery will mark the opening of the new UKRI-funded Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (Modern Slavery PEC).

UKRI and NIHR funded researchers at Imperial College London are set to begin trials to assess the safety and effectiveness of two of the UK’s coronavirus vaccines in development, when inhaled into the lungs.

One of the world’s largest efforts to find effective COVID-19 treatments will evaluate the impact of REGN-COV2 on mortality, hospital stays, and the need for ventilation.

New funding announced to transform UK manufacturing capabilities through the development and adoption of Industrial Digital Technologies (IDTs).

Eight new projects will explore how the virus spreads in schoolchildren, healthcare workers, in medical settings, on surfaces in public spaces, and in strictly-Orthodox Jewish communities.

The government is extending funding through its Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, managed by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), to three challenge areas that are developing solutions for key global challenges, including climate change, disease and ageing societies.