Dozens of the UK’s leading research bodies – including universities, scientific research charities and learned societies – have called on the next Westminster government to increase investment in research and innovation.
In a statement published by the Campaign for Science and Engineering, in collaboration with 30 other leaders and representatives of the UK research sector, leaders of UK political parties are urged to “commit to investing in and nurturing a culture of research and innovation, ensuring the UK continues to attract private, philanthropic and charity investment as well as the most talented researchers from around the world”.
“The UK should be a leading country in the G7 on research and development investment,” says the statement, which was co-authored by the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Association of Medical Research Charities, the British Academy, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society and the Wellcome Trust, as well as the Russell Group, the University Alliance and Universities UK.
It is also supported by organisations such as the Francis Crick Institute, the Biochemical Society, Cancer Research UK, the Institute of Physics and the Royal Statistical Society, as well as several other learned societies and scientific publishers.
