The UK’s public research funding body will deploy a significant portion of £38.6 billion in taxpayer backing to support government priorities, investing billions in UK expertise and innovation for growth and national renewal, Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall says

UKRI to invest £8 billion for specific government priorities and £7 billion for innovative company growth, to build and keep titans of future industries like quantum based in UK, building strong foundations for our economy

Part of a package of announcements aimed at boosting funding and the in-flow of international talent into high-growth sectors of the future

Record public research funding will be explicitly directed towards supporting promising scale-ups, turbocharging economic growth and job opportunities throug

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