Chancellor George Osborne has announced a £600M injection into the UK’s scientific research infrastructure in his Autumn Statement. The money is directed at eight strands of research outlined by the Chancellor in a November speech to the Royal Society. These are:
- The Data Revolution and energy-efficient computing
- Synthetic Biology: Harnessing the $100 billion Bioeconomy
- Regenerative Medicine
- Agri-Science
- Energy Storage and the stockpiling of electricity
- Advanced Materials and Nano-technology
- Robotics and Autonomous Systems
- Opportunities to be a world leader in satellites and commercial applications of Space technology.
No real detail yet on how this money may be distributed. There’s still a Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) in the offing…
