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UK Science and Innovation Network impact stories

UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN) impact stories highlight the impact of the work SIN is doing around the globe.

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 10 December 2015
• Last updated: 2 February 2023 — See all updates

The SIN impact stories demonstrate the Network’s impact showing how we:

• deliver UK commercial benefit for the UK
• leverage research funding
• influence policy to support UK objectives or help tackle a global challenge

Europe

• Science and Innovation France: impact story
  • 2 February 2023
  • World news story
• UK-Russia Arctic Science Links webinar series 2020-2021
  • 31 August 2021
  • World news story
• Science and Innovation in Italy: impact study
  • 16 July 2021
  • Impact assessment
• Series of workshops boost UK-Finland cooperation on natural resources
  • 18 November 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Portugal announces AIR Centre membership and agrees two new bilateral partnerships
  • 3 February 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Second Polish-British Science Forum promotes women in STEM
  • 12 November 2019
  • Research and analysis
• Chief Medical Officer’s visit delivers commitment to North-South collaboration on anti-microbial resistance
  • 20 August 2019
  • Research and analysis
• Science and Innovation Network Russia launches science and cocktails lectures
  • 19 August 2019
  • Research and analysis
• BioMed Academy builds British-Polish innovation partnerships
  • 29 July 2019
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Poland celebrated 2018 as UK-PL Year of Entrepreneurship, Science and Innovation
  • 19 February 2019
  • Research and analysis
• Science and Innovation Network Poland Science Forum showcases strength of our bilateral relations
  • 26 October 2018
  • Research and analysis
• SIN France plays a key role in the agreement of a UK-France MOU on Artificial Intelligence and Digital research
  • 27 September 2018
  • World news story
• SIN and Spark! bringing young French and UK talent closer to industry
  • 25 April 2017
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Czech Republic helps UK-Czech laser centre win £40 million in EU funding
  • 13 February 2017
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Poland ensures Cambridge Enterprise trains Polish innovators
  • 24 November 2016
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Spain facilitates UK Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult to attract €110k in EU funding
  • 3 October 2016
  • Research and analysis
• SIN bio-inspired materials workshop leads to a prestigious £2 million EU grant
  • 29 September 2016
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Europe plays a key role in creating UK-European collaborations on low carbon research and innovation
  • 31 August 2016
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Turkey boosts prosperity partnership: shifting gear with science & innovation
  • 30 June 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Science and Innovation Network Italy showcased UK excellence at Milan Expo 2015
  • 5 April 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Science and Innovation Network Switzerland enables H2020 win for a UK-led innovation project
  • 4 February 2016
  • Research and analysis
• UK Science and Innovation impact story Czech Republic: extreme light infrastructure
  • 10 December 2015
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Italy facilitates bilateral research agreement
  • 30 January 2020
  • World news story

Americas

• Science and Innovation Network Chile snapshot: international partnership
  • 6 July 2021
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Chile: sharing UK expertise to lower carbon emissions from Chilean Peatlands
  • 28 July 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Science and Innovation Network USA promotes UK-US collaboration in precision agriculture
  • 25 April 2019
  • Research and analysis
• Over $966,000 for climate and ecology research in Falkland Islands and South Georgia
  • 14 December 2018
  • Research and analysis
• UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN) in Canada secures jobs, exports and investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the UK
  • 28 January 2019
  • Research and analysis
• UK Science & Innovation Network in USA Launches Transatlantic Cybersecurity Initiative
  • 20 October 2017
  • World news story
• UK Science & Innovation Network in USA Launches UK Satellite Expertise to Forefront of US Market
  • 11 October 2017
  • Research and analysis
• UK Science & Innovation Contributes to Global Ocean Security
  • 28 July 2017
  • Research and analysis
• UK initiates global collaboration to support food security
  • 21 July 2017
  • Research and analysis
• Synthetic Biology: New Collaborations Between Global Leaders
  • 21 June 2017
  • Research and analysis
• Aligning UK-US Efforts & Resources: Antimicrobial Resistance & Animal Health
  • 20 June 2016
  • Research and analysis
• UK Science and Innovation impact story USA: robotics
  • 10 December 2015
  • Research and analysis
• UK Science and Innovation impact story USA: food security climate risks
  • 10 December 2015
  • Research and analysis

Asia Pacific

• UK-Japan genomics for better health research
  • 13 January 2020
  • Research and analysis
• SIN SG Facilitates new UK-SG MOU in Digital Government Services
  • 6 August 2019
  • News story
• SIN helps UK organisations find entry routes into the Chinese space sector
  • 24 June 2019
  • Research and analysis
• SIN China helps the Future Cities Catapult to launch the Future Cities Business Portfolio for China
  • 10 June 2019
  • Research and analysis
• UK-Japan: A Partnership in Global Public Health
  • 13 May 2019
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Tokyo assists first NERC-JST Joint Call on Marine Sensors to better understand Marine Ecosystem
  • 13 May 2019
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Japan assists first ESRC-JST Joint Call for £3m on AI and Society
  • 26 April 2019
  • Research and analysis
• Bacteria, boats and biomedicine: SIN supports new UK-Singapore partnership on biofilms
  • 4 April 2019
  • Research and analysis
• Powering the car industry's green revolution
  • 14 March 2019
  • Research and analysis
• Facilitating a £10m UK-Singapore satellite-based Quantum Key Distribution Collaboration
  • 3 January 2019
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Singapore opens doors to innovation opportunities for UK companies
  • 22 June 2018
  • Research and analysis
• UK-China cooperation delivers boost to economic growth in Lancaster
  • 3 May 2018
  • Research and analysis
• SIN China facilitates £2m export win for award-winning UK toothpaste technology
  • 4 April 2018
  • Research and analysis
• SIN China builds closer ties through Space Science Education
  • 11 January 2018
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Singapore catalysed a £2.9 million research project
  • 14 November 2017
  • Research and analysis
• SIN China enables UK innovators to access Shanghai government datasets and funding
  • 13 October 2017
  • Research and analysis
• SIN China secures funding and investment following Pujiang Innovation Forum in Shanghai
  • 13 October 2017
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Japan leads GREAT robotics campaign resulting in over £350,000 of investment
  • 3 October 2016
  • Research and analysis
• SIN China launches space science in schools
  • 10 August 2016
  • Research and analysis
• SIN NZ Helps Secure a £1.9m Opportunity Farming the Scottish Seas
  • 27 July 2016
  • Research and analysis
• SIN promotes tech transfer capability building in China
  • 13 July 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Science and Innovation Network Japan impact story: nuclear R&D
  • 8 April 2016
  • Research and analysis
• UK Science and Innovation impact story China: fuel cells
  • 10 December 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Science and Innovation Network Singapore mobilises £2.4 million investment in cyber security
  • 4 February 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Science and Innovation Network South Korea creates links for a unique UK exhibition
  • 4 February 2016
  • Research and analysis

India, Middle East and Africa

• UK company secures food consultancy through SIN support
  • 10 October 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Science and Innovation Network India assists to secure a £1 million grant for prosthetic development
  • 19 February 2016
  • Research and analysis
• UK Science and Innovation Network catalyses £4m UK-India mental health project
  • 10 December 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Science and Innovation Network India brokers a £10m collaborative R&D partnership
  • 13 May 2016
  • Research and analysis

Cross-cutting

• SIN takes action in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
  • 16 September 2016
  • Research and analysis
• SIN Catalyses Innovative Approach to Address Challenges of Dementia
  • 1 September 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Science and Innovation Network promotes UK science excellence as British astronaut goes into space
  • 14 March 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Science and Innovation Network delivers global, multidisciplinary UK leadership to fight dementia
  • 4 February 2016
  • Research and analysis

Published 10 December 2015
Last updated 2 February 2023 + show all updates

1. 2 February 2023

   'Science and Innovation France: impact story' added to the Europe section

2. 31 August 2021

   Updated on 31 August 2021

3. 9 August 2021

   SIN Italy Impact Study added 9/08/21

4. 28 July 2020

   Updated SIN Chile impact story - July 2020

5. 30 January 2020

   Added SIN Italy impact study 30 January 2020

6. 13 January 2020

   Added new SIN Japan stories to Asia Pacific

7. 19 August 2019

   Updated August 2019

8. 24 June 2019

   Updated China story

9. 10 June 2019

   Update China story

10. 13 May 2019

    Added new SIN Japan stories to Asia Pacific

11. 26 April 2019

    Added SIN Japan assists first ESRC-JST Joint Call for £3m on AI and Society

12. 14 March 2019

    Added China story

13. 14 December 2018

    Added new Science and Innovation Network USA case study

14. 26 October 2018

    Added new impact story on the UK-Poland Science Forum

15. 17 October 2018

    UK SIN team in France plays a key role in signing a MOU on Artificial Intelligence and digital research.

16. 16 July 2018

    'SIN Singapore opens doors to innovation opportunities for UK companies' was added to the Asia Pacific group

17. 3 May 2018

    Added China cases

18. 13 April 2018

    Added new impact story from Canada.

19. 4 April 2018

    updated

20. 11 January 2018

    Added China cases

21. 20 October 2017

    Included new USA case study

22. 13 October 2017

    Added China cases

23. 11 October 2017

    Added latest Americas case study

24. 28 July 2017

    Updated to include latest Americas report "UK Science & Innovation Contributes to Global Ocean Security"

25. 21 July 2017

    Added a new SIN USA impact story

26. 5 July 2017

    Added new Americas impact story.

27. 29 September 2016

    SIN bio-inspired materials document added.

28. 16 September 2016

    Case study on AMR added.

29. 10 August 2016

    Added new China case study

30. 20 June 2016

    Added new Americas case study

31. 14 March 2016

    Cross cutting impacting story added.

32. 19 February 2016

    Impact story for India added.

33. 4 February 2016

    New impact stories added.

34. 10 December 2015

    First published.