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An independent research organisation (IRO) is an independent research centre that is eligible to compete with universities for research grant funding from the seven research councils of the United Kingdom. The Arts and Humanities Research Council was able to grant IRO status to cultural and heritage organisations from 2006/7. [1]
Working in partnership with universities, research organisations, businesses, charities, and government, its mission is to foster research and development within the United Kingdom and create a positive "impact"—"push the frontiers of human knowledge and understanding", "deliver economic impact", and "create social and cultural impact". [3]
This article contains a list of scientific research institutes in the United Kingdom that are owned by the government. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [ edit ]
Engineers during World War Two test a model of a Halifax bomber in a wind tunnel, an invention that dates back to 1871.. The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including predecessor states in the history of the formation of the United Kingdom.
Research England is a part of United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) that oversees the functions of UKRI in relation to university research and knowledge transfer in England. [2] [3] This includes: providing funding to English universities for research and knowledge exchange activities
Entrance to the Royal Society at 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London. The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. [1]
Between 2004 and 2012, the United Kingdom produced 6% of the world's scientific research papers and had an 8% share of scientific citations, the third- and second-highest in the world (after the United States' 9% and China's 7% respectively). [42] [43] Scientific journals produced in the UK include Nature, the British Medical Journal and The ...
About 38 per cent of the United Kingdom population has a university or college degree, which is the highest percentage in Europe, and among the highest percentages in the world. [412] The United Kingdom is home to many universities, including the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge which often achieve first place on global rankings.