United Kingdom Research and Innovation

United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) is an organisation in the United Kingdom, in operation from 1 April 2018, that directs research funding. It was established under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, and brings together the seven existing research councils, as well as Innovate UK and the Research and Knowledge Exchange functions of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), in one unified body.[1] UKRI was created following a report by Sir Paul Nurse, the President of the Royal Society, who recommended the merger in order to increase integrative cross-disciplinary research. The first President of UKRI is the immunologist Professor Sir Mark Walport.[2]

Councils

Research councils (Research Councils UK):[3]

Other councils:

  • Innovate UK
  • Research England: a new body with England-only responsibilities of HEFCE in relation to research and knowledge exchange. In addition to REF, it is leading on a new knowledge exchange framework (KEF).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "John Kingman to Lead Creation of New £6 Billion Research and Innovation Body - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  2. ↑ Ghosh, Pallab (2017-07-04). "UK Research Chief "Will Not Direct Science"". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  3. ↑ "Our Councils - UK Research and Innovation". www.ukri.org.
  4. ↑ Pells, Rachael (14 October 2017). "England's KEF: will it be a 'patent-counting' extra reporting burden?". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 10 April 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
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