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Today, we're sharing an open letter from our Chief Executive, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, outlining changes to UKRI investment approach, and addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC. Read his letter here: www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
Open letter from Ian Chapman to research and innovation community
UKRI Chief Executive outlines changes to UKRI investment approach, addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC.
www.ukri.org
February 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Today, we're sharing an open letter from our Chief Executive, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, outlining changes to UKRI investment approach, and addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC. Read his letter here: www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
“One big step forward would be for EDI to be properly recognised as part of everyone’s job, not something that’s ‘on top’ of it.”
Professor Candy Rowe, Chair of the BBSRC Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expert Advisory Group, reflects on the group’s impact across UK bioscience.
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Professor Candy Rowe, Chair of the BBSRC Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expert Advisory Group, reflects on the group’s impact across UK bioscience.
Read the blog ⬇️
Championing EDI in bioscience
Reflections on advancing BBSRC’s work through its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expert Advisory Group.
www.ukri.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
“One big step forward would be for EDI to be properly recognised as part of everyone’s job, not something that’s ‘on top’ of it.”
Professor Candy Rowe, Chair of the BBSRC Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expert Advisory Group, reflects on the group’s impact across UK bioscience.
Read the blog ⬇️
Professor Candy Rowe, Chair of the BBSRC Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expert Advisory Group, reflects on the group’s impact across UK bioscience.
Read the blog ⬇️
Do you use the UKRI website?
Help shape how thousands of researchers and innovators access funding, news and resources. Take our 3-minute survey: engagementhub.ukri.org/ukri-communi...
⏰Closes 27 February
Help shape how thousands of researchers and innovators access funding, news and resources. Take our 3-minute survey: engagementhub.ukri.org/ukri-communi...
⏰Closes 27 February
UKRI website user satisfaction survey 2026
- UK Research and Innovation
- Citizen Space
Find and participate in activities run by UK Research and Innovation
engagementhub.ukri.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Do you use the UKRI website?
Help shape how thousands of researchers and innovators access funding, news and resources. Take our 3-minute survey: engagementhub.ukri.org/ukri-communi...
⏰Closes 27 February
Help shape how thousands of researchers and innovators access funding, news and resources. Take our 3-minute survey: engagementhub.ukri.org/ukri-communi...
⏰Closes 27 February
The Future Leaders Fellows Development Network is offering an additional post-award development opportunity for UKRI-funded Project Leads.
The Pathways programme is designed to support the next generation of research and innovation leaders in the UK: pathways.flfdevnet.com
Closes 20 February
The Pathways programme is designed to support the next generation of research and innovation leaders in the UK: pathways.flfdevnet.com
Closes 20 February
FLF Development Network - PATHWAYS Programme
PATHWAYS Pathways is a national UKRI funded programme designed to support the next generation of research and innovation leaders in the UK, for Project Leads funded by UKRI as an additional post-award...
pathways.flfdevnet.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The Future Leaders Fellows Development Network is offering an additional post-award development opportunity for UKRI-funded Project Leads.
The Pathways programme is designed to support the next generation of research and innovation leaders in the UK: pathways.flfdevnet.com
Closes 20 February
The Pathways programme is designed to support the next generation of research and innovation leaders in the UK: pathways.flfdevnet.com
Closes 20 February
Have you visited the Fixing Our Broken Planet exhibition at the Natural History Museum?
If so, you’re among more than two million people who’ve visited since it opened last April.
The gallery is now the museum’s second most visited space, supporting public engagement with environmental science.
If so, you’re among more than two million people who’ve visited since it opened last April.
The gallery is now the museum’s second most visited space, supporting public engagement with environmental science.
Fixing Our Broken Planet gallery attracts over 2 million visitors
A new gallery, co-funded by NERC, has welcomed more than two million visitors since opening at the Natural History Museum (NHM) in April last year.
www.ukri.org
January 27, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Have you visited the Fixing Our Broken Planet exhibition at the Natural History Museum?
If so, you’re among more than two million people who’ve visited since it opened last April.
The gallery is now the museum’s second most visited space, supporting public engagement with environmental science.
If so, you’re among more than two million people who’ve visited since it opened last April.
The gallery is now the museum’s second most visited space, supporting public engagement with environmental science.
Spent the day behind the scenes at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences @mrc-lms.bsky.social
We met researchers who grow fat cells, study ageing hearts, and yes, we tried the MRI bike.
Some of the reels from this day are now live on Instagram.
Watch them here: www.instagram.com/weareukri/
We met researchers who grow fat cells, study ageing hearts, and yes, we tried the MRI bike.
Some of the reels from this day are now live on Instagram.
Watch them here: www.instagram.com/weareukri/
January 27, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Spent the day behind the scenes at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences @mrc-lms.bsky.social
We met researchers who grow fat cells, study ageing hearts, and yes, we tried the MRI bike.
Some of the reels from this day are now live on Instagram.
Watch them here: www.instagram.com/weareukri/
We met researchers who grow fat cells, study ageing hearts, and yes, we tried the MRI bike.
Some of the reels from this day are now live on Instagram.
Watch them here: www.instagram.com/weareukri/
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Did you know that #microplastics are in many skincare products? Spin-out company Naturbeads is making biodegradable alternatives, as featured in @ukri.org Future Makers. youtu.be/5MSU239d5QM?... @naturbeads.bsky.social
Nature’s fix to microplastics l Future Makers Ep 2
YouTube video by UKRI Stories
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January 26, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Did you know that #microplastics are in many skincare products? Spin-out company Naturbeads is making biodegradable alternatives, as featured in @ukri.org Future Makers. youtu.be/5MSU239d5QM?... @naturbeads.bsky.social
Mistaking correlation for causation doesn’t just waste research funding, it can shape real-world health advice.
In our new blog, Prof. George Davey Smith, 2025 MRC Millennium Medal winner, explains why he encourages scientists to look for ways they might be wrong.
www.ukri.org/blog/why-evi...
In our new blog, Prof. George Davey Smith, 2025 MRC Millennium Medal winner, explains why he encourages scientists to look for ways they might be wrong.
www.ukri.org/blog/why-evi...
Why evidence matters in health research
Professor George Davey Smith explains why he encourages scientists to look for ways they might be wrong.
www.ukri.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Mistaking correlation for causation doesn’t just waste research funding, it can shape real-world health advice.
In our new blog, Prof. George Davey Smith, 2025 MRC Millennium Medal winner, explains why he encourages scientists to look for ways they might be wrong.
www.ukri.org/blog/why-evi...
In our new blog, Prof. George Davey Smith, 2025 MRC Millennium Medal winner, explains why he encourages scientists to look for ways they might be wrong.
www.ukri.org/blog/why-evi...
Still time to apply: New Generation Thinkers 2026
AHRC is partnering with BBC Radio 4 to offer five early-career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers, appear on air, and gain first-hand experience of how ideas make it to broadcast.
Apply by 28 Jan 2026
AHRC is partnering with BBC Radio 4 to offer five early-career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers, appear on air, and gain first-hand experience of how ideas make it to broadcast.
Apply by 28 Jan 2026
AHRC and BBC New Generation Thinkers 2026
This scheme offers five early career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers at BBC Radio 4. They will appear on a number of episodes and shadow the production process to understand ...
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January 22, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Still time to apply: New Generation Thinkers 2026
AHRC is partnering with BBC Radio 4 to offer five early-career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers, appear on air, and gain first-hand experience of how ideas make it to broadcast.
Apply by 28 Jan 2026
AHRC is partnering with BBC Radio 4 to offer five early-career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers, appear on air, and gain first-hand experience of how ideas make it to broadcast.
Apply by 28 Jan 2026
🚨 Premiere alert! Episode 2 of our series Future Makers is out now.
We’re showing how research and innovation are really improving people’s lives.
This episode explores how innovators are tackling microplastics in everyday products like paint and skincare: youtu.be/5MSU239d5QM?...
We’re showing how research and innovation are really improving people’s lives.
This episode explores how innovators are tackling microplastics in everyday products like paint and skincare: youtu.be/5MSU239d5QM?...
Nature’s fix to microplastics l Future Makers Ep 2
YouTube video by UKRI Stories
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 11:40 AM
🚨 Premiere alert! Episode 2 of our series Future Makers is out now.
We’re showing how research and innovation are really improving people’s lives.
This episode explores how innovators are tackling microplastics in everyday products like paint and skincare: youtu.be/5MSU239d5QM?...
We’re showing how research and innovation are really improving people’s lives.
This episode explores how innovators are tackling microplastics in everyday products like paint and skincare: youtu.be/5MSU239d5QM?...
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The Public Attitudes to Science Survey results have been published by @ukri.org and @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social. This wide-ranging report reveals that the public values science, but highlights concerns over AI, information quality, and representation: www.britishscienceassociation.org/News/public-...
Public Attitudes to Science Survey shows the public values science, but highlights concerns over AI, quality of information, and representation
Ipsos, the British Science Association, and UK Research and Innovation have published the results of the 2025 Public Attitudes to Science Survey - the first since the Covid-19 pandemic, and the first ...
www.britishscienceassociation.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:18 AM
The Public Attitudes to Science Survey results have been published by @ukri.org and @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social. This wide-ranging report reveals that the public values science, but highlights concerns over AI, information quality, and representation: www.britishscienceassociation.org/News/public-...
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Did you catch RISE on The One Show last night? 🤩
@ukri.org funded #TheRISEStudy is investigating the provision, uptake and nutritional value of school meals.
@ukri.org funded #TheRISEStudy is investigating the provision, uptake and nutritional value of school meals.
January 20, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Did you catch RISE on The One Show last night? 🤩
@ukri.org funded #TheRISEStudy is investigating the provision, uptake and nutritional value of school meals.
@ukri.org funded #TheRISEStudy is investigating the provision, uptake and nutritional value of school meals.
As the UKRI comms team, we’re lucky to visit some truly fascinating places.
Last month we were 1.1km underground at Boulby Underground Laboratory - surrounded by salt and exploring the mine.
It got us thinking…
What other research locations should more people know about?
Show us!📸
Last month we were 1.1km underground at Boulby Underground Laboratory - surrounded by salt and exploring the mine.
It got us thinking…
What other research locations should more people know about?
Show us!📸
January 15, 2026 at 8:51 AM
As the UKRI comms team, we’re lucky to visit some truly fascinating places.
Last month we were 1.1km underground at Boulby Underground Laboratory - surrounded by salt and exploring the mine.
It got us thinking…
What other research locations should more people know about?
Show us!📸
Last month we were 1.1km underground at Boulby Underground Laboratory - surrounded by salt and exploring the mine.
It got us thinking…
What other research locations should more people know about?
Show us!📸
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Cut the ribbon: the Discovery Building is open!
From 1976 to today, Rothera Research Station has been the UK’s Antarctic gateway for 50 years.
The new building will power polar science for decades to come - and understanding Antarctica means understanding our planet.
#PolarScience
From 1976 to today, Rothera Research Station has been the UK’s Antarctic gateway for 50 years.
The new building will power polar science for decades to come - and understanding Antarctica means understanding our planet.
#PolarScience
January 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Cut the ribbon: the Discovery Building is open!
From 1976 to today, Rothera Research Station has been the UK’s Antarctic gateway for 50 years.
The new building will power polar science for decades to come - and understanding Antarctica means understanding our planet.
#PolarScience
From 1976 to today, Rothera Research Station has been the UK’s Antarctic gateway for 50 years.
The new building will power polar science for decades to come - and understanding Antarctica means understanding our planet.
#PolarScience
Meaningful research starts with listening👂
That’s why patients and the public are at the heart of five new #MRC - funded dementia studies.
Researchers, patients and industry will work together to find new ways to slow down the disease and speed up diagnosis.
More👉 www.ukri.org/news/mrc-inv...
That’s why patients and the public are at the heart of five new #MRC - funded dementia studies.
Researchers, patients and industry will work together to find new ways to slow down the disease and speed up diagnosis.
More👉 www.ukri.org/news/mrc-inv...
MRC invests in experimental medicine dementia studies
£16.5 million to help researchers, patients and industry partners work together to better understand how dementia begins and progresses.
www.ukri.org
January 12, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Meaningful research starts with listening👂
That’s why patients and the public are at the heart of five new #MRC - funded dementia studies.
Researchers, patients and industry will work together to find new ways to slow down the disease and speed up diagnosis.
More👉 www.ukri.org/news/mrc-inv...
That’s why patients and the public are at the heart of five new #MRC - funded dementia studies.
Researchers, patients and industry will work together to find new ways to slow down the disease and speed up diagnosis.
More👉 www.ukri.org/news/mrc-inv...
Looking for guidance on funding applications, fellowships, or career support?
Check out our YouTube channel for researchers where you'll find webinars, explainers, application tips, case studies and more.
🔔Subscribe to stay up to date!
www.youtube.com/@ukriforrese...
Check out our YouTube channel for researchers where you'll find webinars, explainers, application tips, case studies and more.
🔔Subscribe to stay up to date!
www.youtube.com/@ukriforrese...
January 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Looking for guidance on funding applications, fellowships, or career support?
Check out our YouTube channel for researchers where you'll find webinars, explainers, application tips, case studies and more.
🔔Subscribe to stay up to date!
www.youtube.com/@ukriforrese...
Check out our YouTube channel for researchers where you'll find webinars, explainers, application tips, case studies and more.
🔔Subscribe to stay up to date!
www.youtube.com/@ukriforrese...
Looking to progress your ideas into real-world health solutions? #MRC translational research funding could support you.
Check out our blog to learn more about the opportunities available and tips on applying👇
www.ukri.org/blog/making-...
Check out our blog to learn more about the opportunities available and tips on applying👇
www.ukri.org/blog/making-...
Making sense of MRC translational funding: a simple guide
MRC translational research funding can help turn discoveries into real-world health solutions. Find out what we offer, to help you apply for the right type.
www.ukri.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Looking to progress your ideas into real-world health solutions? #MRC translational research funding could support you.
Check out our blog to learn more about the opportunities available and tips on applying👇
www.ukri.org/blog/making-...
Check out our blog to learn more about the opportunities available and tips on applying👇
www.ukri.org/blog/making-...
Have you had snow this week? 🌨️
We might not have had a white Christmas, but it's certainly getting icy now.
Check out The Naked Scientist podcast, where they explore the history and science behind weather forecasting, featuring some of our NERC-funded research.
We might not have had a white Christmas, but it's certainly getting icy now.
Check out The Naked Scientist podcast, where they explore the history and science behind weather forecasting, featuring some of our NERC-funded research.
What's a white Christmas, and will we get one this year?
Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
www.thenakedscientists.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Have you had snow this week? 🌨️
We might not have had a white Christmas, but it's certainly getting icy now.
Check out The Naked Scientist podcast, where they explore the history and science behind weather forecasting, featuring some of our NERC-funded research.
We might not have had a white Christmas, but it's certainly getting icy now.
Check out The Naked Scientist podcast, where they explore the history and science behind weather forecasting, featuring some of our NERC-funded research.
Join us on 12 Jan for the Preventing Plastic Pollution with Engineering Biology (P3EB) Hub Showcase, part of the Engineering Biology Mission Hubs webinar series.
Hear from the team about its aims, research activities, opportunities to engage and live Q&A.
Register now: www.ukri.org/events/engin...
Hear from the team about its aims, research activities, opportunities to engage and live Q&A.
Register now: www.ukri.org/events/engin...
January 6, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Join us on 12 Jan for the Preventing Plastic Pollution with Engineering Biology (P3EB) Hub Showcase, part of the Engineering Biology Mission Hubs webinar series.
Hear from the team about its aims, research activities, opportunities to engage and live Q&A.
Register now: www.ukri.org/events/engin...
Hear from the team about its aims, research activities, opportunities to engage and live Q&A.
Register now: www.ukri.org/events/engin...
Watch all of these instruments playing a song together🎶: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHkV...
Circles | A song made with innovative instruments
YouTube video by UKRI Stories
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December 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Watch all of these instruments playing a song together🎶: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHkV...
As the UK's largest public funder of research and innovation, we support a huge range of bright ideas and world-changing inventions. But did you know this includes music technology?
📽️➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Jm...
📽️➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Jm...
Innovation funding brought these musical instruments to life
YouTube video by UK Research and Innovation
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December 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
As the UK's largest public funder of research and innovation, we support a huge range of bright ideas and world-changing inventions. But did you know this includes music technology?
📽️➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Jm...
📽️➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Jm...
We've published our refreshed Environmental Sustainability Strategy.
It builds on UKRI’s first strategy, launched in 2020, which led to a 33% reduction in overall emissions.
Read it here: www.ukri.org/publications...
It builds on UKRI’s first strategy, launched in 2020, which led to a 33% reduction in overall emissions.
Read it here: www.ukri.org/publications...
December 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We've published our refreshed Environmental Sustainability Strategy.
It builds on UKRI’s first strategy, launched in 2020, which led to a 33% reduction in overall emissions.
Read it here: www.ukri.org/publications...
It builds on UKRI’s first strategy, launched in 2020, which led to a 33% reduction in overall emissions.
Read it here: www.ukri.org/publications...
“The UK’s biggest, perhaps only, differentiating asset from other major economies is the quality of our research and innovation system …
… so how can we do more with this asset? How can we make the most of it?”
- Professor Sir Ian Chapman, UKRI Chief Executive
Read more:
… so how can we do more with this asset? How can we make the most of it?”
- Professor Sir Ian Chapman, UKRI Chief Executive
Read more:
Why innovation matters for the UK’s future
The UK’s biggest, perhaps only, differentiating asset from other major economies is the quality of our research and innovation system, which by most metrics is, per capita, best in class
www.cityam.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“The UK’s biggest, perhaps only, differentiating asset from other major economies is the quality of our research and innovation system …
… so how can we do more with this asset? How can we make the most of it?”
- Professor Sir Ian Chapman, UKRI Chief Executive
Read more:
… so how can we do more with this asset? How can we make the most of it?”
- Professor Sir Ian Chapman, UKRI Chief Executive
Read more:
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2025 Knowledge Exchange Awards!
These projects demonstrate exceptional achievements in knowledge exchange, innovation and collaboration, showing how research collaboration deliver benefits for people and the economy.
Explore: www.ukri.org/news/ukri-ce...
These projects demonstrate exceptional achievements in knowledge exchange, innovation and collaboration, showing how research collaboration deliver benefits for people and the economy.
Explore: www.ukri.org/news/ukri-ce...
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2025 Knowledge Exchange Awards!
These projects demonstrate exceptional achievements in knowledge exchange, innovation and collaboration, showing how research collaboration deliver benefits for people and the economy.
Explore: www.ukri.org/news/ukri-ce...
These projects demonstrate exceptional achievements in knowledge exchange, innovation and collaboration, showing how research collaboration deliver benefits for people and the economy.
Explore: www.ukri.org/news/ukri-ce...
Making music shouldn’t depend on dexterity, education or expense
Digit Music’s CMPSR and the UKRI-funded Swipe app turn a joystick into a one-handed instrument and are already changing lessons and how artists create and perform.
We made this video to show what accessible music tech makes possible👇
Digit Music’s CMPSR and the UKRI-funded Swipe app turn a joystick into a one-handed instrument and are already changing lessons and how artists create and perform.
We made this video to show what accessible music tech makes possible👇
"This instrument changed my life": Making music accessible with CMPSR
YouTube video by UKRI Stories
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December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Making music shouldn’t depend on dexterity, education or expense
Digit Music’s CMPSR and the UKRI-funded Swipe app turn a joystick into a one-handed instrument and are already changing lessons and how artists create and perform.
We made this video to show what accessible music tech makes possible👇
Digit Music’s CMPSR and the UKRI-funded Swipe app turn a joystick into a one-handed instrument and are already changing lessons and how artists create and perform.
We made this video to show what accessible music tech makes possible👇