‘Largest ever’ survey of technicians launched as national funding agency outlines action plan
Technical staff have been promised more support from both the UK’s national science academy and its largest funding agency, as a survey of these highly skilled but often under-appreciated staff gets underway.
This month the Royal Society signed the Technician Commitment, an initiative to support technicians in higher education and research, while UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has promised to overhaul its grant rules as part of its action plan to support the commitment, which it signed in 2020.