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2022-06-15 | |
发布年 | 2022 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | Government funding boost for life-changing technologiesGovernment commits a combined £743.5 million across a variety of innovative projects at London Tech Week
The government has today announced a record £743.5 million of investment into the technologies of tomorrow to help secure the UK’s place as a global Science Superpower. The funds, announced at London Tech Week (13-17 June 2022), will support the development of innovations ranging from autonomous vehicles to airborne laboratories as part of wider government efforts to invest in tech, create skilled jobs and grow the economy. This follows the publication of last year’s Innovation Strategy, which made clear that the government intends to put innovation at the centre of everything it does, ensuring the UK is at the forefront of the latest technologies, shoring up the country’s competitiveness on the world stage and supporting the economy. This will lay the foundations for the future of the British people – creating jobs, enhancing industry, and improving the lives of millions by offering skilled jobs for the future right across the country. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said:
Speaking at the event today, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng announced a raft of substantial investments into the very latest technologies. These include:
Also speaking at London Tech Week, Science Minister George Freeman announced:
Taken together, these amount to £743.5 million – part of the government’s £40 billion R&D investment planned over the next 3 years. All the innovative projects receiving this investment have the potential to deliver significant benefits to UK society and economy. In many cases they are already doing so, whether via a ground-breaking giant ‘microscope’ that has supported the discovery of a synthetic vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease, or a flying laboratory that enables scientists to track and evaluate pollution, severe weather, and the effects of climate change. Addressing an audience of investors, policy makers and industry leaders at the Quantum Computing Summit today, Mr Kwarteng highlighted how the projects being supported by the latest round of UKRI’s Commercialising Quantum Technologies Challenge will support the development of new quantum products, meaning that £153 million will be invested over the lifetime of the programme, helping companies to commercialise quantum technologies. Supporting innovative entrepreneursSpeaking at the Digital Catapult’s Cyber-Physical Future Forum, Science Minister George Freeman confirmed an additional package of supportive programmes for innovators and entrepreneurs. Science Minister George Freeman said:
He announced a new round of Future Leader Fellowships, worth £100 million, which will support talented researchers and innovators from the UK and around the world to develop and commercialise their work. The government has also announced the 84 winners of the previous round of Future Leader Fellowship funding, who will be supported by £98 million being awarded to help commercialise technologies with the power to tackle global challenges head-on. These include a fleet of self-driven satellites able to track and mitigate natural disasters, injectable gels to deliver life-changing tissue-regeneration therapies, and clogging-resistant permeable pavements that mitigate against the impacts of climate change and urbanisation-related flooding. Minister Freeman also announced a £30 million Fast Start grants scheme, which will be launched to help small and micro businesses to develop new innovations. He highlighted how a new first-of-its-kind research programme will be backed by £8.5 million government funding to address the biggest ethical issues posed by Artificial Intelligence, to build public trust and ensure the technology’s potential can be responsibly harnessed.
Published 15 June 2022
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