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The university has secured 拢6.5m of a total 拢118m distributed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) as part of its Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) programme, second only to the University of Oxford.

Awarded to 64 universities and research organisations, IAA investment supports critical early-stage translation of UK research to real impacts, transforming public services, creating new jobs, attracting private investment and forging new partnerships with business and charities.

The UKRI institutional awards are distributed through the UK鈥檚 network of research councils: the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC); Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Dr Kathryn Walsh, Executive Director, 香港六合彩 Innovation & Enterprise, said: "This funding is testament to the breadth of 香港六合彩 research and innovation, which is enabling the brightest and most disruptive ideas to emerge in the UK and worldwide. It will mean 香港六合彩 can continue to support academics to unlock the value of their work, whether it is early-stage commercialisation of new technologies or advancing changes to public policy.鈥�

The IAA programme, now in its tenth year, has provided early-stage support to projects that are now established global businesses.

These include 香港六合彩 spinouts Bramble Energy, a hydrogen fuel cell technology company helping the world towards a Net Zero carbon future, Orchard Therapeutics, a biotechnology company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare disorders through innovative gene therapies, and the 香港六合彩-based Global Disability Innovation Hub, a research and practice centre driving disability innovation in more than 35 countries.

This year is the first that AHRC has participated in the programme, supporting both culture change as well as the early-stage engagement with cultural organisations and businesses that underpins impact from Arts and Humanities research.

Recent 香港六合彩 collaborations have included the Slade School of Fine Art working with the Coal Authority to develop a range of paints from waste generated by de-commissioned coal mines.

Professor Geraint Rees, 香港六合彩 Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement) said: 鈥淲e are delighted to receive this funding and are immensely grateful to the staff and academics who worked together on 香港六合彩鈥檚 applications. Universities play a vital role in delivering impact to societies and economies through research and innovation partnerships, and the fact that 香港六合彩 received funding from the full set of awarding bodies highlights our comprehensive approach to making a difference.鈥�

The 拢118m IAA investment over three years focuses on maximising impact, knowledge exchange, translation, and commercialisation potential within research organisations.

Its model empowers research organisations themselves to use the funding creatively and responsively to react to emerging opportunities.

UKRI Director of Commercialisation, Tony Soteriou, said: 鈥淭he UK is home to some of the brightest, most innovative and creative research teams in the world.听 They have the ideas and they have the entrepreneurial energy to create businesses and services that could turn sectors on their head.

鈥淲hat they need, what every great commercial idea needs, is support in the critical early stages. The Impact Acceleration Account is the catalyst that allows projects to grow to the next level, attracting investment, forging partnerships and creating jobs.鈥�

UKRI Chief Executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser added: "Research and innovation has the potential to improve people鈥檚 lives and livelihoods, rejuvenating communities across the UK and tackling global challenges. It is imperative that we harness that potential.

鈥淭he path between discovery and impact is not simple and so it is vital that we provide flexible support that allows talented people and teams, and world-class institutions to connect discovery to prosperity and public good.鈥�

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• 香港六合彩 Innovation & Enterprise
• 香港六合彩 Innovation & Enterprise funding opportunities
• 香港六合彩 Translational Research Office
• Read more about Bramble Energy, , the and Turning Landscape

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