Tag: UKRI

Horizon Europe Guarantee fund awards £1bn in grants

Stuart Mitchell

The Horizon Europe Guarantee fund has reached an important milestone with more than £1 billion now awarded to UK-based researchers and innovators. The funding is enabling them to participate in Horizon Europe projects while the UK’s association to the flagship EU funding programme is delayed. Also today the government has set out its prospectus for a programme to protect and support the UK research and innovation sector, should it be required. The guarantee fund is delivered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). It supports researchers and innovators who have been…

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UKRI publishes 2022 gender pay gap report

Stuart Mitchell

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has published its 2022 gender pay gap report. The report measures the difference between average hourly earnings for women and men across all jobs across the organisation. Read the 2022 UKRI gender pay gap report. Data shows that the mean gender pay gap across UKRI has slightly decreased by 0.6 percentage points: 10.2% in 2021 9.6% in 2022 The median pay gap has decreased 3.5% in the last year: 12.3% in 2021 8.7% in 2022 This shows UKRI has made some progress, although it suggests…

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UKRI publishes equality, diversity and inclusion strategy

Stuart Mitchell

UKRI has published the first edition of its EDI strategy, which outlines our ambition for a thriving research and innovation system, by everyone, for everyone. Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are integral to UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) vision and mission. They are essential to realise the extraordinary potential for research and innovation for our economy, our society and our environment. To do this, we must work together to foster a research and innovation culture where people, creativity and ideas flourish. A system by everyone, for everyone The UK has…

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UKRI publishes position statement on carbon offsetting

Stuart Mitchell

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has published a new position statement on the use of carbon offsetting for activities funded by UKRI grants. Based on current research, we have concluded that there is currently insufficient evidence that carbon offsetting is an effective means of achieving permanent carbon reductions. We recognise that carbon offsetting will have a role to play in future and we are working with partners and supporting research in this field. Read the position statement on carbon offsetting. Achieving net zero UKRI is committed to embedding environmental sustainability across…

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Flue2Chem: SCI, Unilever and 13 partners launch £5.4m net zero collaboration project

Stuart Mitchell

A consortium of businesses, universities and non-governmental organisations has received a grant of £2.68 million in funding to develop a project aimed at converting industrial waste gases into sustainable materials for use in consumer products. The £5.4m Flue2Chem Project is a two-year programme spearheaded by Unilever and SCI, with 13 other organisations involved. With funding from Innovate UK, which has come via the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Transforming Foundation Industries Challenge, the partners aim to take waste gas from foundation industries such as metal, glass, paper and chemicals, and…

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