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UKRI Policy Fellowships 2026 are now open!🚨
Apply for an 18-month fellowship to work in a UK or devolved government host partner, an arm’s length body or What Works Network member, to address pressing national and global challenges.
Deadline 10 September 2026: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
Did you catch Channel 4’s feature on quantum computing yesterday?
It’s great to see UKRI-supported projects highlighted, including the development and roll-out of large-scale quantum computers in the UK, and a wearable quantum-powered brain scanner.
Watch👇
What’s next for UKRI open access policy?
Join our webinar on Thursday 25 June at 10:00am
for an opportunity to engage with the next phase of open access implementation (2026 – 2030).
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e2fd89...
Through the Global Talent visa, we're supporting researchers like Dr Naëmi Leo, a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at Loughborough University researching magnetic metamaterials.
Find out more about the Global Talent Visa: www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...
Meet the 2026 New Generation Thinkers.
Five early-career academics have been selected through AHRC’s partnership with the BBC to share their ideas with wider audiences on BBC Radio 4.
Find out more: www.ukri.org/news/bbc-and...
Pioneering research from the University of Oxford made the headlines this week👀
This exciting project is using AI to develop personalised cancer vaccines.
#MRC funding will support its next phase, including equipment to manufacture experimental mRNA cancer vaccines.
👉 www.bbc.com/news/article...
With rising global temperatures, there is more attention around intervention measures such as solar radiation management (SRM).
Last autumn, we commissioned a UK-wide public dialogue with Sciencewise to find out how the public feel about SRM. We're pleased to share this report is now live.
A BBC Ideas film spotlights UKRI-funded research that could help change how endometriosis is diagnosed.
EndoTect is a rapid, non-invasive urine test designed to detect the condition earlier.
The film brings lived experience and research into the public conversation.
Read more and watch the film ⬇️
Join the #EPSRC Engineering Early Career Forum!
We’re recruiting new members from across the engineering remit.
It's an exciting opportunity to build networks, and support engagement between EPSRC and the early career research community.
Apply by 20 July 2026 👉 www.ukri.org/who-we-are/w...
This #LondonTechWeek we're asking 'how does the public really feel about AI?' Find out in the latest national science engagement programme run by 15 of the UK's science centres, museums and outreach organisations
www.sciencecentres.org.uk/news/how-doe...
#AISummit2026 #AIforGood #SciComm
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Five of the UK’s most promising early-career academics have been selected as this year’s New Generation Thinkers to help shape Radio 4 programming.
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Researchers use AI supercomputers to compare vasts amount of data in search for personal vaccines.
A public dialogue on solar radiation modification (SRM) has revealed broad support for further research, alongside clear concerns about its deployment.
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UKRI-backed research aims to cut years from diagnosis and help millions of women be believed sooner.
The prime minister calls it a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Quantum computers are so powerful that they promise to supercharge AI, accelerate drug discovery, and transform our response to climate ...
