U.K. Research & Innovation (UKRI) is the United Kingdom's largest public funder of research and innovation, investing over £8 billion annually. It comprises nine councils, including the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and Innovate UK, and supports space-related activities through grant funding, operation of national laboratories like RAL Space, and technology transfer. UKRI partners with organizations like the UK Space Agency, European Space Agency (ESA), and NASA to advance space science, exploration, and Earth observation, contributing to the UK's space sector growth and international collaborations. Associated keywords include space research, innovation funding, technology development, and international partnerships.
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The Science and Technology Facilities Council, part of UK Research and Innovation, contributed £800,000 to the Enabling Technologies Program.
The public dialogue project was launched in March and was co-funded by the Geospatial Commission and UK Research and Innovation’s Sciencewise programme.
Tom Saunders, Head of Public Engagement at UK Research and Innovation, supports Sciencewise’s role in the Geospatial Commission’s project on the ethics of location data use.
The U.K. government provided a £4.2 million grant through UK Research and Innovation to develop the National In-Orbit Servicing Control Centre at the Satellite Applications Catapult in Harwell, Oxfordshire.
Project XCelerate is a Future Flight Challenge project selected by UK Research and Innovation to establish the UK’s first commercial drone corridor in open airspace south of Reading, Berkshire.