UKRI unveils plan to deliver outstanding research and innovation

22 Aug 2022 12:18 PM

UKRI’s corporate plan demonstrates how the world-class research and innovation UKRI supports will drive economic, social, environmental and cultural benefits for all.

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The plan sets out how UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will spend its annual £7.9 billion budget and support the government’s ambitions for the UK to be:

Publishing the corporate plan is a significant milestone for the organisation.

Building on our five-year strategy

It builds on UKRI’s five-year strategy, transforming tomorrow together, providing more detail on how UKRI will deliver its ambition for UK research and innovation set out through six strategic objectives.

It will be followed by publication of strategic delivery plans for UKRI’s nine councils.

Through this full suite of documents UKRI will set its path for the forthcoming years, delivering on the promises of the Spending Review settlement.

Fostering outstanding research and innovation

UKRI Chief Executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser said:

Our corporate plan sets out the key actions UKRI will take over the course of our three-year budget settlement to foster an outstanding research and innovation system for the UK.

This collective programme of work across UKRI is guided by our ambitious strategy, which outlines our strategic objectives and four principles for change: diversity, connectivity, resilience and engagement.

We are committed to ensuring that UKRI realises its full potential, working with our many partners to convene, catalyse and invest in the UK’s world-class research and innovation endeavour, enriching lives locally, nationally and globally.

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said:

Research and innovation is crucial to the UK’s future; it will drive prosperity in every part of the country and deliver benefits for all.

UKRI’s corporate plan outlines how we will support the UK’s world-leading researchers and innovators to thrive, strengthening our position as a science superpower and the best place in the world to innovate.

Investing in talent and technologies

Commitments in the plan include:

Read the UKRI corporate plan 2022 to 2025.