UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has published its Annual Report and Accounts, covering the financial year 2019-20.
The Annual Report and Accounts encompasses all nine of UKRI’s constituent research councils and has been laid before Parliament.
It contains the Performance Report, which details a number of significant milestones and achievements for UKRI, including their work supporting the research and innovation community during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the delivery of significant investments such as the Industrial Strategy Challenge and Strategic Priorities Funds.
Writing in the introduction to the report, UKRI Chief Executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser said: “UKRI has supported researchers and innovators who have been at the heart of the response to COVID-19, ensuring that the Government’s response is informed by the best possible science. I am very proud of the way UK Research and Innovation has responded.”
Read the Annual Report 2019-20 (PDF, 10.5MB)
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