We have been promoting equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the work we do since 2016 and our approach and priorities have evolved over time. We learn from our own work, and through dialogue with partners and the businesses we …
Three years ago we launched the £93 million Robots for a Safer World challenge, part of the first wave of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF). The challenge was to develop safer and more productive technologies for working in extreme environments, in industries such as Nuclear Decommissioning, Offshore Wind Energy and Space.
Find out about the highlights and about some of the business-led fast-start grants to robotics projects responding directly to the Covid-19 crisis.
The Future Leaders Fellowships (FLFs) are back for another round, to fund the most promising researchers and innovators from business and academia with up to £1.5m over four years. We are now looking for the next cohort of talented future leaders to apply for the …
Here we have it then, it’s Recycle Week and what better way to show our support than by taking the covers off the first set of projects that the ISCF Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) Challenge is funding over the …
While some of us have been able to work at home during the Covid-19 crisis – and may have actually improved our productivity – this has not been the case for most of those involved in research and development (R&D). …
Meet one of our pioneering projects - SEISMIC, funded via the ISCF Transforming Construction challenge that is changing the way schools are built. The project shows how to build better quality schools that can be constructed faster, for less cost and with lower emissions.
Sarah Connolly, Innovation Technologist at Innovate UK is responsible for driving innovation in the Foundation Industries. In this post, she explores how innovations in process developments can reduce environmental impact and improve competitiveness. Energy Efficient Process Developments The foundation industries …
Four years ago, we launched the Government and UKRI’s flagship, business-led Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. It is a new approach to funding challenges ranging from net zero, health and wellbeing through to advancing technologies, aiming to create a better world for us all.
Trusted Research is a campaign to raise awareness of the risks to research collaborations which may occur when working with organisations or research partners with links to nations whose democratic and ethical values are different from our own.
Sarah Connolly, Innovation Technologist at Innovate UK is responsible for driving innovation in the Foundation Industries. In this post, she explores how innovations in sensor development, deployment and digitalisation can increase process efficiency, reduce environmental impact and improve competitiveness. Sensor …
Sarah Connolly, Innovation Technologist at Innovate UK is responsible for driving innovation in the foundation industries. In this post, she explores how innovation in heat recovery can reduce environmental impact and improve competitiveness. Heat recovery The foundation industries encompass a …
