Technology
(asked on 7th September 2015) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2015 to Question 5250, which projects and programmes that have been funded from the public purse since 2010 relate to each of the Eight Great Technologies.
The Government identified “8 Great Technologies” in autumn 2012 to highlight key emerging technologies for the UK and increased investment by £600 million to accelerate their application and commercialisation.
The table provides a non-exclusive list of projects and programmes funded by BIS through Research Councils and InnovateUK relating to the “8 Great Technologies” from the time of publication to January 2015.
We do not routinely keep records classifying all publically-funded projects and programmes since 2010 according to the 8 Great Technologies, and it would only be possible to provide this information at a disproportionate cost.
Big Data:
Programme | Area |
AHRC | Digital transformations in community research |
BBSRC | Bioinformatics and biological resources fund |
BBSRC | Big Data Infrastructure projects |
BBSRC | Institutes coordination grants |
BBSRC | Open Microscopy Environment (with Wellcome trust) |
BBSRC | DNA Synthesis 2 capital investment |
EPSRC | Capacity increase at Research Data Facility in Edinburgh |
ESRC | Administrative Data Research Network |
MRC | UK Health Informatics Research Institute |
MRC | Capability development to better understand health and disease |
MRC | Support to 100,000 Genomes project |
NERC | Big Data Capital awards |
NERC | Capability increase in JASMIN National Data Community facility |
NERC | Environmental Research Workbench |
STFC | Energy Efficiency Computing |
STFC | Square Kilometre Array computing platform |
IUK | Digital Economy Catapult |
IUK | Open Data Insitute |
IUK, SDTL & Research Councils | Data Exploration Programme |
Satellites and Commercial Applications of Space:
Programme | Area |
STFC campuses | Space science cluster capacity building |
UKSA | National Space Technology Programme |
IUK | Satellite Applications Catapult |
IUK | Space applications |
Robotics and Autonomous Systems:
Programme | Area |
EPSRC | Centres of Excellence |
EPSRC | Centres for Doctoral Training |
EPSRC | Oxford Mobile Robotics Grant |
SBRI & IUK | Intelligent Autonomy in the automotive sector |
NERC, IUK & DSTL | Capability building in marine autonomous and robotics systems |
IUK & EPSRC | Novel demonstration and commercialisation concepts in robotics |
Synthetic Biology:
Programme | Area |
BBSRC, EPSRC & MRC | Multidisciplinary Synthetic Biology Research Centres |
BBSRC | Seed Funding |
BBSRC | Research into DNA Synthesis |
BBSRC | Training at Centre for Doctoral Training |
IUK | National Biologics Manufacturing Centre |
IUK | Synbio Innovation and Knowledge Cetnre and projects |
Regenerative Medicine
Programme | Area |
MRC, BBRC & EPSRC | UK regenerative Medicine Platform |
IUK | Cell Therapy Catapult |
Agri-Science
Programme | Area |
BBSRC | Innovation Incubator space at Edinburgh |
BBSRC | Innovation and diffusion Campus for food and renewable energy at Aberystwyth |
BBSRC | Conference centre and shared resources hub |
BBSRC | Molecular farming facility at Norwich Research Park |
BBSRC, DfID & IS | Agri-tech Catalyst |
IS | Innovation Centres |
Advanced Materials:
Programme | Area |
EPSRC | Research projects |
EPSRC | Advanced Materials for healthcare |
SPSRC & DECC | Irradiated materials investment in National Nuclear User Facility |
STFC | Advanced materials beamline at Diamond |
IUK | National Composites Centre |
EPSRC | Research programmes incorporating functional materials |
EPSRC, STFC & IUK | Sir Hendry Royce Institute for advanced materials |
Energy Storage:
Programme | Area |
EPSRC | Grid-scale efficient energy storage |
EPSRC, IUK & DECC | Energy Catalyst Fund |
EPSRC | Novel solutions for energy storage |
IUK | Integrated Energy Challenge |