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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?
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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
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… so how can we do more with this asset? How can we make the most of it?”
- Professor Sir Ian Chapman, UKRI Chief Executive
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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
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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...
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👇
🚨 Premiere alert! Today we're launching a new series to help people see how research and innovation is really improving their lives. And to introduce them to the people behind this important work.
Future Makers ep 1 talks about smart socks that could improve dementia care: youtu.be/Jryye0I7sDA 🧪
Future Makers ep 1 talks about smart socks that could improve dementia care: youtu.be/Jryye0I7sDA 🧪
Socks that could improve dementia care | Future Makers Ep 1
YouTube video by UKRI Stories
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December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🚨 Premiere alert! Today we're launching a new series to help people see how research and innovation is really improving their lives. And to introduce them to the people behind this important work.
Future Makers ep 1 talks about smart socks that could improve dementia care: youtu.be/Jryye0I7sDA 🧪
Future Makers ep 1 talks about smart socks that could improve dementia care: youtu.be/Jryye0I7sDA 🧪
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🗓️ Save the date and register your interest 🫵
The @n8cir.bsky.social Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat 2026 supported by @ukri.org will take place in Manchester from 23-27 March 2026.
Learn more and register your interest 👉 n8cir.org.uk/training-and...
The @n8cir.bsky.social Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat 2026 supported by @ukri.org will take place in Manchester from 23-27 March 2026.
Learn more and register your interest 👉 n8cir.org.uk/training-and...
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🗓️ Save the date and register your interest 🫵
The @n8cir.bsky.social Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat 2026 supported by @ukri.org will take place in Manchester from 23-27 March 2026.
Learn more and register your interest 👉 n8cir.org.uk/training-and...
The @n8cir.bsky.social Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat 2026 supported by @ukri.org will take place in Manchester from 23-27 March 2026.
Learn more and register your interest 👉 n8cir.org.uk/training-and...
We know good research can take time, and that’s why we’re proud to invest for the long term.
After 20 years of public investment, BIOMASS, a satellite mission designed to track the health of Earth’s forests, is in space🚀
Find out more: www.ukri.org/who-we-are/h...
After 20 years of public investment, BIOMASS, a satellite mission designed to track the health of Earth’s forests, is in space🚀
Find out more: www.ukri.org/who-we-are/h...
Funding delivers satellite to monitor climate regulating forests
A space satellite developed through international collaboration to track the health of Earth's forests will address climate change and improve lives.
www.ukri.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We know good research can take time, and that’s why we’re proud to invest for the long term.
After 20 years of public investment, BIOMASS, a satellite mission designed to track the health of Earth’s forests, is in space🚀
Find out more: www.ukri.org/who-we-are/h...
After 20 years of public investment, BIOMASS, a satellite mission designed to track the health of Earth’s forests, is in space🚀
Find out more: www.ukri.org/who-we-are/h...
Looking for some inspiration in science communication?
The 2025 #MRC Max Perutz Award shortlisted entries are now live!
Congratualtions to this year’s winners, Johnny Tam and Vanessa Drevenakova 🎉
Read and watch their winning article and video in The Observer 📽️✍️: observer.co.uk/news/science... 1/
The 2025 #MRC Max Perutz Award shortlisted entries are now live!
Congratualtions to this year’s winners, Johnny Tam and Vanessa Drevenakova 🎉
Read and watch their winning article and video in The Observer 📽️✍️: observer.co.uk/news/science... 1/
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Looking for some inspiration in science communication?
The 2025 #MRC Max Perutz Award shortlisted entries are now live!
Congratualtions to this year’s winners, Johnny Tam and Vanessa Drevenakova 🎉
Read and watch their winning article and video in The Observer 📽️✍️: observer.co.uk/news/science... 1/
The 2025 #MRC Max Perutz Award shortlisted entries are now live!
Congratualtions to this year’s winners, Johnny Tam and Vanessa Drevenakova 🎉
Read and watch their winning article and video in The Observer 📽️✍️: observer.co.uk/news/science... 1/
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Great to attend the Bees, Pollinators and Invertebrates APPG event at the House of Lords yesterday.
Mike Image & Emma Gardner shared our work with JNCC on the pollinator indicator and @pomscheme.bsky.social, plus DRUID results on predicting effects of land-use policies on wild bees 🐝
Mike Image & Emma Gardner shared our work with JNCC on the pollinator indicator and @pomscheme.bsky.social, plus DRUID results on predicting effects of land-use policies on wild bees 🐝
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Great to attend the Bees, Pollinators and Invertebrates APPG event at the House of Lords yesterday.
Mike Image & Emma Gardner shared our work with JNCC on the pollinator indicator and @pomscheme.bsky.social, plus DRUID results on predicting effects of land-use policies on wild bees 🐝
Mike Image & Emma Gardner shared our work with JNCC on the pollinator indicator and @pomscheme.bsky.social, plus DRUID results on predicting effects of land-use policies on wild bees 🐝
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📢Excited to say that registration is open for Prevention Research 2026, 4-5 March, Birmingham. Visit preventionresearch26.co.uk to book your place and explore the latest research and strategies for preventing non-communicable diseases and reducing health inequalities across the UK.
Prevention Research 2026
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November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
📢Excited to say that registration is open for Prevention Research 2026, 4-5 March, Birmingham. Visit preventionresearch26.co.uk to book your place and explore the latest research and strategies for preventing non-communicable diseases and reducing health inequalities across the UK.
UKRI CEO Professor Sir Ian Chapman closed yesterday’s Innovation for Growth summit by sharing UKRI’s plans to pivot investment to deliver against the government’s R&D priorities.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
UKRI CEO Professor Sir Ian Chapman closed yesterday’s Innovation for Growth summit by sharing UKRI’s plans to pivot investment to deliver against the government’s R&D priorities.
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We were delighted to open the Innovation for Growth Summit this afternoon with a few words from Chancellor Rachel Reeves on the government’s ambitions for research and innovation
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November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We were delighted to open the Innovation for Growth Summit this afternoon with a few words from Chancellor Rachel Reeves on the government’s ambitions for research and innovation
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MRC fellowships to attract global research talent #MRC #AcademicSky
MRC fellowships to attract global research talent
The Medical Research Council (MRC) is investing further in our fellowship schemes and supporting visa costs.MRC
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November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
MRC fellowships to attract global research talent #MRC #AcademicSky
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Millions of people are affected by mental health conditions, yet progress in treatment has been slow.
The Open Psychiatry Project aims to change that with a secure platform linking genetic and clinical mental health data.
@cam.ac.uk @opentargets.org
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a...
The Open Psychiatry Project aims to change that with a secure platform linking genetic and clinical mental health data.
@cam.ac.uk @opentargets.org
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a...
New data initiative accelerates discovery and personalised care for mental health conditions
EMBL-EBI receives UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funding for enhancing and translating mental-health omics data into the Open Targets Pl...
www.ebi.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Millions of people are affected by mental health conditions, yet progress in treatment has been slow.
The Open Psychiatry Project aims to change that with a secure platform linking genetic and clinical mental health data.
@cam.ac.uk @opentargets.org
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a...
The Open Psychiatry Project aims to change that with a secure platform linking genetic and clinical mental health data.
@cam.ac.uk @opentargets.org
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a...
Today we're at the Science Museum for the Innovation for Growth Summit.
Research and Innovation are the UK’s greatest engines for long-term growth. Through the day, leading voices from politics, research, business & investment will discuss how to unlock its full value.
#InnovationForGrowth
Research and Innovation are the UK’s greatest engines for long-term growth. Through the day, leading voices from politics, research, business & investment will discuss how to unlock its full value.
#InnovationForGrowth
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today we're at the Science Museum for the Innovation for Growth Summit.
Research and Innovation are the UK’s greatest engines for long-term growth. Through the day, leading voices from politics, research, business & investment will discuss how to unlock its full value.
#InnovationForGrowth
Research and Innovation are the UK’s greatest engines for long-term growth. Through the day, leading voices from politics, research, business & investment will discuss how to unlock its full value.
#InnovationForGrowth
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We're pleased to announce that our latest release of new and updated UK Biobank data is now available to approved researchers around the world ✅
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
We're pleased to announce that our latest release of new and updated UK Biobank data is now available to approved researchers around the world ✅
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Stimulating day at MRC Biomedicine Science Conference. Super keynote from Sarah Teichmann, Entertaining and thought provoking talk from George Davey Smith, MRC Millennium Medal recipient, and amazing views from the loo
@mendelrandom.bsky.social @ukri.org
@mendelrandom.bsky.social @ukri.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Stimulating day at MRC Biomedicine Science Conference. Super keynote from Sarah Teichmann, Entertaining and thought provoking talk from George Davey Smith, MRC Millennium Medal recipient, and amazing views from the loo
@mendelrandom.bsky.social @ukri.org
@mendelrandom.bsky.social @ukri.org
Every year we support the Swindon Shuffle - our hometown’s annual music festival.
But this year, we wanted to take it even further.
So we brought together some of our music-tech innovators with local artists to create an original track called Circles.
A celebration of local art and future tech👇
But this year, we wanted to take it even further.
So we brought together some of our music-tech innovators with local artists to create an original track called Circles.
A celebration of local art and future tech👇
Swindon Shuffle x UKRI | Local musicians, future tech
YouTube video by UKRI Stories
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Every year we support the Swindon Shuffle - our hometown’s annual music festival.
But this year, we wanted to take it even further.
So we brought together some of our music-tech innovators with local artists to create an original track called Circles.
A celebration of local art and future tech👇
But this year, we wanted to take it even further.
So we brought together some of our music-tech innovators with local artists to create an original track called Circles.
A celebration of local art and future tech👇
The European Social Survey (ESS) has been collecting high-quality, cross-national data on people’s attitudes, beliefs and behaviour since 2001.
It gives policymakers reliable public-option data that is already being used to make big decisions across Europe.
Find out more👇
It gives policymakers reliable public-option data that is already being used to make big decisions across Europe.
Find out more👇
Public opinion data helps address social challenges across Europe
Data from the European Social Study is helping governments across Europe address societal challenges, from trust in police to how to care for older people.
www.ukri.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The European Social Survey (ESS) has been collecting high-quality, cross-national data on people’s attitudes, beliefs and behaviour since 2001.
It gives policymakers reliable public-option data that is already being used to make big decisions across Europe.
Find out more👇
It gives policymakers reliable public-option data that is already being used to make big decisions across Europe.
Find out more👇
From Lego-brick beats to reinventing the piano and listening in on pond life🐸🎹
We teamed up local Swindon musicians with researchers innovating new music technologies - together they created the song, Circles🎶
Go behind the scenes to see how it all came together👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYiY...
We teamed up local Swindon musicians with researchers innovating new music technologies - together they created the song, Circles🎶
Go behind the scenes to see how it all came together👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYiY...
The Making of Circles | When Swindon musicians meet innovative instruments
YouTube video by UKRI Stories
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
From Lego-brick beats to reinventing the piano and listening in on pond life🐸🎹
We teamed up local Swindon musicians with researchers innovating new music technologies - together they created the song, Circles🎶
Go behind the scenes to see how it all came together👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYiY...
We teamed up local Swindon musicians with researchers innovating new music technologies - together they created the song, Circles🎶
Go behind the scenes to see how it all came together👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYiY...
Research can sometimes feel far away from people's everyday lives - even when it’s happening right on their doorstep!
Our Instagram series ‘Science or Sci-Fi’ brings local research to local communities, challenging them in a quiz that reveals amazing science happening nearby.
Watch here👇
Our Instagram series ‘Science or Sci-Fi’ brings local research to local communities, challenging them in a quiz that reveals amazing science happening nearby.
Watch here👇
UKRI on Instagram: "Our hometown did us proud🫶
We’re back with the Swindon locals to see if they can guess if it’s science or sci-fi!
Where should we head to next?🤷♀️⬇️
#ScienceOrScifi"
23 likes, 2 comments - weareukri on October 1, 2025: "Our hometown did us proud🫶
We’re back with the Swindon locals to see if they can guess if it’s science or sci-fi!
Where should we head to next?🤷...
www.instagram.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Research can sometimes feel far away from people's everyday lives - even when it’s happening right on their doorstep!
Our Instagram series ‘Science or Sci-Fi’ brings local research to local communities, challenging them in a quiz that reveals amazing science happening nearby.
Watch here👇
Our Instagram series ‘Science or Sci-Fi’ brings local research to local communities, challenging them in a quiz that reveals amazing science happening nearby.
Watch here👇
We've updated our Horizon Europe Guarantee guidance.
This includes⬇️
- Grants using Je-S and UKRI Funding Service
- Innovation Funding Service grants
Full details: www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...
The Horizon Europe Guarantee will close for new applications on 27 November 2025.
This includes⬇️
- Grants using Je-S and UKRI Funding Service
- Innovation Funding Service grants
Full details: www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...
The Horizon Europe Guarantee will close for new applications on 27 November 2025.
Apply for Horizon Europe guarantee funding
The UK agreed a deal to associate to Horizon Europe on 7 September 2023.
www.ukri.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We've updated our Horizon Europe Guarantee guidance.
This includes⬇️
- Grants using Je-S and UKRI Funding Service
- Innovation Funding Service grants
Full details: www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...
The Horizon Europe Guarantee will close for new applications on 27 November 2025.
This includes⬇️
- Grants using Je-S and UKRI Funding Service
- Innovation Funding Service grants
Full details: www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...
The Horizon Europe Guarantee will close for new applications on 27 November 2025.
A new £15.9m investment aims to advance human in vitro modelling.
The initiative will help improve our understanding of how diseases develop and progress, and is a major step forward in our commitment to developing innovative, non-animal methods.
www.ukri.org/news/ambitio... #MRC
The initiative will help improve our understanding of how diseases develop and progress, and is a major step forward in our commitment to developing innovative, non-animal methods.
www.ukri.org/news/ambitio... #MRC
Ambitious new UK project to transform human disease modelling
A major new initiative aims to redefine human-based research models for greater understanding of disease and the acceleration of new medicines.
www.ukri.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A new £15.9m investment aims to advance human in vitro modelling.
The initiative will help improve our understanding of how diseases develop and progress, and is a major step forward in our commitment to developing innovative, non-animal methods.
www.ukri.org/news/ambitio... #MRC
The initiative will help improve our understanding of how diseases develop and progress, and is a major step forward in our commitment to developing innovative, non-animal methods.
www.ukri.org/news/ambitio... #MRC