Research Councils UK (RCUK) welcomes the new report from the House of Lords Science
and Technology Select Committee on Nanotechnologies and Food and will consider the
recommendations made.
As a result of the RCUK Nanoscience: through Engineering to Application programme
the Research Councils support a wide portfolio of nanotechnology research in areas
such as nanotoxicology, nanometrology, nanotechnology-based sensor devices, food
manufacturing and processing. The Medical Research Council (MRC) for example has
awarded over £2.5 million of funding to research projects investigating the area
of nanotoxicology alone.
RCUK funds excellent, world-leading research in a wide range of innovative areas
including nanotechnology and will continue to support pioneering research in this
field.
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Further Information
Contact:
Jane Wakefield
RCUK Press and Communications Manager
Tel: 01793 444592
Research Councils UK
Research Councils UK is the strategic partnership of the UK's seven Research
Councils. We invest annually around £3 billion in research. Our focus is on excellence
with impact. We nurture the highest quality research, as judged by international
peer review providing the UK with a competitive advantage. Global research requires
we sustain a diversity of funding approaches, fostering international collaborations,
and providing access to the best facilities and infrastructure, and locating skilled
researchers in stimulating environments. Our research achieves impact – the demonstrable
contribution to society and the economy made by knowledge and skilled people. To
deliver impact, researchers and businesses need to engage and collaborate with the
public, business, government and the third sector.
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The seven UK Research Councils are:
- Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC);
- Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC);
- Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC);
- Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC);
- Medical Research Council (MRC);
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC);
- Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC).