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ViewUniversity of Oxford wins grant for drug trial to prevent Covid-19

$20m in total awarded by Therapeutics Accelerator to institutions to fund clinical trials

ViewIndustrial net zero innovation centre planned in Cambridge

Joint initiative between Digital Catapult and TWI will aim to cut industrial emissions

ViewCancer Research UK cuts R&D funding amid decline in income

Charity expects fundraising income to decline by 25 per cent, leading to research funding cuts

ViewCovid-19: Calls for epidemic modellers and advanced imaging

Royal Society and STFC join fight against pandemic, as UKRI launches ‘coronavirus science explained’ website

ViewEngineers, industry and clinicians team up on ventilators

UCL, NIHR and Mercedes create non-invasive breathing aid, as consortium works on 10,000 ventilators

ViewUK business innovation drops to almost ten-year low

The percentage of businesses investing in internal R&D is down, according to official data

ViewTwo national academies join fight against Covid-19

An expert mental health group and a call for innovations are among the steps announced

ViewUKRI awards contracts to run services for next supercomputer

Edinburgh centre will carry out complex engineering tasks and advanced scientific programming

View£30,000 grants to investigate how AI and humans can work together

A total of £500,000 made available to fund investigations using ‘collective intelligence’

ViewRoyal Society of Chemistry trials transparent peer review

The learned society says the change ensures ‘research integrity and reproducibility’

ViewExperts call for investment in vaccine manufacturing

Work on producing vaccines needs to happen alongside early development research, MPs told

ViewUCU tells UKRI to protect fixed-term researchers

University union tells research funder to continue employment of precariously employed workers during Covid-19 crisis

ViewEyes on the prize

Pushback against big cash prizes in research is growing, even from their winners

ViewBioscience sector welcomes plan to relax cap on tax credits

BioIndustry Association says that biotech companies would have been disproportionately penalised by the cap

ViewNuffield Foundation to extend application deadlines

Social wellbeing funder says its priority is to support staff, grant-holders and students amid Covid-19

ViewTech innovation funding to help people in self-isolation

£500,000 available to companies to create digital support solutions

ViewCancer Research UK defers funding panels amid Covid-19

Charity says grants up for renewal ‘will be bridged in the meanwhile’

ViewNIHR suspends non-Covid-19 studies to focus on coronavirus

The Association of Medical Research Charities described the move as the ‘right decision’

View£20m genome sequencing effort launched to map Covid-19

A country-wide collaboration between clinicians and researchers aims to inform disease response

ViewUK opting out of multi-billion EU defence R&D fund

Head of company participating in pilot EU programme says he is ‘seriously concerned’

ViewUKRI working to reconcile levelling up with excellence

The public funder is yet to come up with a strategy on linking places with...

ViewUniversities urged to lead their own response to coronavirus

UKRI pledges support, but says its priority lies with government and keeping internal operations functional

ViewAHRC launches external consultation on technical roles

Research council hopes to understand more about the technical staff supporting the arts and humanities

ViewCovid-19: UKRI told to set up emergency fund for researchers

Russell Group warns of severe disruption to the careers and training of UK researchers

ViewLearned societies restrict activities as a result of Covid-19

Offices close but funding programmes and calls remain open for applications, societies say

ViewUKRI ‘still waiting on funding allocation for next financial year’

‘Surprising’ revelation comes as the funder expects ‘inevitable disruption’ caused from Covid-19

ViewUKRI and BEIS working ‘very closely’ on UK Arpa plans

MPs told there is ‘enthusiasm’ for locating new agency in the midlands or the north

ViewAHRC says PhD students are ‘cornerstone’ of its strategy

Research council highlights importance of investing in next generation of arts and humanities researchers

ViewUKRI joins universities in sending staff home

Move comes after prime minister urges end to all ‘non-essential’ face-to-face contact

ViewFirst coronavirus vaccine to enter clinical trials ‘in a few days’

As concerns raised that the UK lacks capacity to manufacture enough vaccine for everyone