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Expert regional innovation hubs given £75 million boost to local research, businesses and economies

Regional clusters of world-class innovation across the UK are being backed by a share of £75 million that will boost local economies and pioneer game-changing solutions from healthcare to net zero, UK Science Minister George Freeman has announced. Following pilots in Liverpool and Teesside, launched earlier this year, a further 8 Launchpads, facilitated by Innovate UK, will be rolled out…
Dawn
October 27, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 21 – 27 October

£37m funding boost for AI projects ahead of UK AI Safety Summit Research teams encouraged to bid for a share of £32m for AI projects and a further £5m committed to feasibility studies into pioneering ideas. In the run up to the UK’s hosting of the first global summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety, the Secretary of State for Science,…
Ben Kemp
October 27, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 14 – 20 October

Wales innovates, creating a stronger, fairer, greener wales: delivery plan The Welsh Government have released a plan for how they will deliver the innovation strategy for Wales. This includes increasing the adoption of diagnostic innovations in Wales.   Close AI ‘confidence gap’ to make it a powerful force for good, say experts A British Standards Institution survey found almost half…
Ben Kemp
October 20, 2023
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New innovation challenge launched to tackle bias in AI systems

UK companies can apply for up to £400,000 in government investment from today to fund innovative new solutions which tackle bias and discrimination in AI systems. The competition will look to support up to three ground-breaking homegrown solutions, with successful bids securing a funding boost of up to £130,000 each. It comes ahead of the UK hosting the world’s first major…
Ben Kemp
October 20, 2023
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The UK’s life sciences sector contributes £43.3billion in GVA in 2021

The UK’s life sciences sector contributed £43.3billion to the UK economy in 2021 through production of goods and services. This is according to PwC’s latest analysis in its Life Sciences Future50 report celebrating 50 UK companies innovating to solve the hardest problems in human health and science. The sector has seen strong growth since before the pandemic in 2019, with…
Ben Kemp
October 20, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 7 – 13 October

Over £3 million to transform technology in adult social care People who receive care will benefit from new technology to help improve their independence and reduce avoidable hospital admissions, the government has announced. Four new projects have received over £3 million through the government’s Adult Social Care Technology Fund to transform the use of digital technology in adult social care.…
Dawn
October 13, 2023
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£41 million to enhance UK research and innovation clusters

From net zero buildings to HealthTech, 10 new projects will boost UK economic growth and address regional needs. The projects will combine some of the country’s leading engineering and physical sciences research with the ambitions of civic bodies and local business to enhance different regions’ economic capability. Over the next four years, they will help established research and innovation clusters…
Dawn
October 13, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 30 September – 6 October

New £60 million Regional Innovation Fund among measures to boost research and development DSIT Secretary Michell Donelan has announced A £60 million Regional Innovation Fund (RIF) that will boost support for universities in areas with lower levels of research and development investment Over 110 universities to benefit from pilot Regional Innovation Fund (RIF) to grow local economies An extra £8…
Dawn
October 6, 2023
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Genomics England announces the rare conditions included in world-leading research study

Genomics England have published an initial list of over 200 rare conditions that will be looked for as part of its world-leading Generation Study, which aims to start in NHS hospitals in late 2023. The Generation Study is an NHS-embedded research study which aims to understand whether sequencing babies’ genomes can help to discover rare genetic conditions earlier. It aims to…
Dawn
October 6, 2023
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