Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to promote scientific collaboration with the United States; and if she will publish examples of successful collaboration supported by her Department.

The UK and US have a longstanding relationship on science, innovation and technology. In 2017 we signed a Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement, reaffirmed under the Atlantic Charter in 2021 at Carbis Bay. Additional mechanisms include joint statements on cooperation in AI and Quantum, and the US-UK Comprehensive Dialogue on Technology and Data announced in October 2022.

UK and US collaborations are being supported through the £119 million International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) in Clean Energy and Climate Change, AI and Quantum.

UKRI works in partnership with many US funding agencies. Examples of collaborations are published on the UKRI website: https://ukri.org.