Mar. 04 2024
Source Page: UK-Saudi Arabia cooperation in research and Innovation: memorandum of understandingFound: UK-Saudi Arabia cooperation in research and Innovation: memorandum of understanding
Written Evidence Nov. 22 2023
Inquiry: UK AstronomyFound: AST0014 - UK Astronomy UK Research and Innovation Written Evidence
Written Evidence Nov. 22 2023
Inquiry: Commercialising quantum technologiesFound: QUA0043 - Commercialising quantum technologies UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Written Evidence
Nov. 14 2023
Source Page: UK Net Zero Research and Innovation Framework: Delivery Plan 2022 to 2025Found: UK Net Zero Research and Innovation Framework: Delivery Plan 2022 to 2025
Nov. 14 2023
Source Page: UK Net Zero Research and Innovation Framework: Delivery Plan 2022 to 2025Found: UK Net Zero Research and Innovation Framework: Delivery Plan 2022 to 2025
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of funding provided by UK Research and Investment for research papers.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
UKRI is the national funding agency that invests in and facilitates research and innovation activities across the United Kingdom. Research papers are a key means of communicating the results of research and innovation activities contributing to the body of knowledge across different research areas.
Every £1 of public R&D funding leverages around £2 of additional private sector investment. The UK is a leader in science and research. With less than one per cent of the world’s population, the UK accounts for 6.3% of the world’s academic publications, and 13.4% of the most highly cited research publications.
Written Evidence Oct. 17 2023
Inquiry: Science and ScotlandFound: SS0017 - Science and Scotland UK Research and Innovation Written Evidence
Asked by: Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether UK Research and Innovation have (a) staff and (b) offices in China.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
UK Research Innovation (UKRI) has one overseas office in China with seven staff, co-located in the British Embassy Beijing.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many UK Research and Innovation projects have (a) titles and (b) subjects containing (i) decolonisation, (ii) colonialism, (iii) colonial and (iv) decolonising since 2019.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
These terms are used across a range of research areas and have different meanings, from the humanities and societal sciences, to biological sciences and microbial research.
The following data is sourced from Gateway to Research (https://gtr.ukri.org/), which supplies information about research and innovation projects and organisations funded by UKRI.
Of approximately 37,000 active projects initiated from 2019 onwards: 77 had titles referring to ‘Decolonisation/Decolonising’, 12 had titles referring to ‘Colonialism’ and 61 had titles mentioning the word ‘Colonial’.
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to ensure that research papers funded through UK Research and Innovation are politically neutral.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Decisions on research papers funded by UKRI are made through independent evaluation by experts who are required to be politically neutral in their decision making.