Our work
Investing for innovation and impact
Our main funds
Our flagship funds are the main routes for researchers and innovators to apply for UKRI funding, including ISCF, GCRF and FLF
Developing people and skills
We support inclusive research environments and ways to develop your career more easily, such as Future Leaders Fellowships
Collaborating internationally
Find out about working overseas through funds such as the Global Challenge Research Fund, and how we help international experts do research in the UK
Creating world-class infrastructure
Creating and maintaining world-class research facilities, equipment, collections and capability
Supporting a healthy research and innovation culture
Discover how we’re supporting research integrity, preventing harm, and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
Delivering social, cultural and economic impact
Read stories about how the projects we fund are making a difference and the main funds we use to invest in them
Involving society in research
Public engagement
Listening, inspiring and involving the public in research and innovation
Tackling 21st-century challenges
Tackling the impact of COVID-19
We've brought together all of the vital research and innovation we have funded to combat and eradicate COVID-19
UKRI at COP26
Research and innovation to understand, tackle and mitigate the effects of climate change and embed evidence in decision-making and climate policy
International Year of Plant Health 2020
How protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development