The foundation industries are vital to the UK manufacturing and construction sectors.
This challenge aims to transform the UK’s foundation industries by:
- making them internationally competitive
- securing more jobs throughout the UK
- growing the sector by 2024 in an environmentally sustainable way
Funding councils:
Innovate UK
This programme supports high-quality, innovative research and research translation to help develop a healthy, safe and sustainable UK aquaculture system. It aims to bring together diverse expertise, knowledge, skills and facilities to deliver innovative approaches to solving industry challenges.
Funding councils:
NERC
The aim of this programme is to draw together climate research and expertise to deliver robust, multi and interdisciplinary climate risk and adaptation solutions research. This will ensure the UK is resilient to climate variability, and able to exploit adaptation and green growth opportunities.
Funding councils:
AHRCEPSRCESRCNERC
The UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (formerly known as the Rainbow Seed Fund) is a £40 million early-stage venture capital fund. Its purpose is to build and grow technology companies stemming from the UK’s research base.
Funding councils:
BBSRC
This research area covers the UK Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA) UK Magnetic Fusion Research Programme.
Funding councils:
EPSRC
The UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) supports investment in higher education facilities across the UK. Universities must attract a further £2 from non-public sources for every £1 invested by the fund.
Funding councils:
Research England
The cross research council responsive mode (CRCRM) pilot scheme has been developed to support emerging ideas from the research community that transcend, combine or significantly span disciplines, to ensure all forms of interdisciplinary research have a home within UKRI. It will support ideas which are not routinely funded, or perceived not to be funded, through existing UKRI responsive mode schemes.
Funding councils:
The aim of this investment is to drive innovation in digital health by promoting knowledge and skills sharing across healthcare, academia and business.
EPSRC and UKRI have invested in five digital health hubs that will drive the development of innovative digital technologies for healthcare.
Funding councils:
AHRCBBSRCEPSRCESRCInnovate UKMRCNERCSTFC
UKRI impact acceleration accounts (IAAs) are strategic awards providing funding to research organisations to use creatively for a wide range of impact activities.
Funding councils:
AHRCBBSRCEPSRCMRCSTFC
This fund is investing £320 million to enable new and existing capabilities and capacity in artificial intelligence, engineering biology, future telecommunications and quantum technologies.
Funding councils:
AHRCBBSRCEPSRCESRCInnovate UKMRCNERCResearch EnglandSTFC