Rishi Sunak’s government has made its first major science funding announcement, injecting an additional £95 million into advanced materials research being conducted at Manchester’s Henry Royce Institute.
Announcing the additional funding on a visit to the institute, in his first official trip as business secretary, Grant Shapps said that investing in research and development was “a critical way to turbocharge Britain’s growth”.
The grant, awarded via the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, tops up the initial £258 million government investment made when the Royce Institute – based at the University of Manchester – was announced in 2014.
