UK Research and Innovation

UKRI is ABSW’s Lead Diversity and Inclusion Partner, supporting the Science and Technology Journalism Summer School, and other ABSW initiatives to increase diversity and inclusion for its membership and the profession more broadly.

Launched in April 2018, UKRI is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

UKRI brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England, which is responsible for supporting research and knowledge exchange at higher education institutions in England, and the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK. Its nine councils work together in innovative ways to deliver an ambitious agenda, drawing on its great depth and breadth of expertise and the enormous diversity of its portfolio.

Through UKRI’s councils it maintains and champions the creativity and vibrancy of disciplines and sector-specific priorities and communities. Its councils shape and deliver both sectoral and domain-specific support.

Whether through research council grants, quality-related block grants from Research England, or grants and wider support for innovative businesses from Innovate UK, UKRI works with its stakeholders to understand the opportunities and requirements of all the different parts of the research and innovation landscape, maintaining the health, breadth and depth of the system.

To read the latest news from UKRI and its councils, go to https://www.ukri.org/news/

Journalists who would like more information about UKRI, can get in touch with the media team at [email protected]