The government has pledged £229m of investment in the development of advanced materials and a new centre for life and physical sciences as part of its industrial strategy.
In announcing the investment in UK research and development, business secretary Greg Clare pledged £126m in grants for the Sir Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials. The money will support the creation of a research centre at the University of Manchester, with satellite centres at the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool, Cambridge, Oxford and Imperial College.
The institute will encompass nine key areas of materials research including graphene and proposed research areas will be grouped into four themes – energy, engineering, functional and soft materials.
The government will also invest £103m in the Rosalind Franklin Institute, creating a centre for life and physical sciences, at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxford. The centre will build on the UK’s world-leading reputation in these fields and effectively bring together academia and industry.
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