Warwick Secures £4.35M to Attract Top Research Talent
The University of Warwick chosen as one of 12 UK leading universities and research institutions to deliver the Global Talent Fund: a £54 million investment on Britian’s future prosperity.
The Fund will support recruitment of the world’s brightest minds, to help drive new tech innovations and scientific breakthroughs that will fire up the UK economy and put rocket boosters on the Plan for Change.
Warwick is one of just 12 leading UK universities and research institutions selected to deliver the fund. The £4.35 million investment will be used to attract and support outstanding global researchers working in the high potential Creative Industries sector.
The funding will enable Warwick to design its own strategy for recruiting international talent, embedding new research teams within its thriving innovation ecosystem, and driving collaborative createch research that contributes to economic and technological advancement.
Administered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the Global Talent Fund is designed to support around a dozen world-leading researchers in bringing their teams to the UK, helping to advance cutting-edge research that will shape the economy of the future. It forms part of a wider £115 million package of support to make the UK the global destination of choice for scientific and research talent.
The institutions selected to deliver the Global Talent Fund are:
Science Minister Lord Vallance said: “Genius is not bound by geography. But the UK is one of the few places blessed with the infrastructure, skills base, world-class institutions and international ties needed to incubate brilliant ideas, and turn them into new medicines that save lives, new products that make our lives easier, and even entirely new jobs and industries. Bringing these innovations to life, here in Britain, will be critical to delivering this Government’s Plan for Change.
“My message to the bold and the brave who are advancing new ideas, wherever they are, is: our doors are open to you. We want to work with you, support you, and give you a home where you can make your ideas a reality we all benefit from.”
Through this new funding, the University of Warwick is set to play a leading role in shaping the next generation of global scientific breakthroughs and supporting the growth of high-tech sectors critical to the UK’s long-term prosperity.
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