Global Science and Innovation Network

A blog showcasing the work of the Global UK Science and Innovation Network, approximately 90 officers in over 30 countries and territories around the world

About this blog

2nd September 2016 Science and Innovation Network

Stephen Hicks

University Research Lecturer and Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellow, University of Oxford

Research by British Universities can help to change lives

We are a world leading nation of innovators; winning 13 science Nobel Prizes since 2000 and with more Nobel Prizes per capita than US, France, Germany, Russia or Japan. The research conducted in UK universities tackles the biggest problems facing humankind today. I’ve seen firsthand how research by British Universities can help to change lives. […]

2nd September 2016 Science and Innovation Network

Yoni Dolgin

UK Israel Tech Hub, British Embassy Israel

How tech diplomacy drives the UK’s driverless industry

In 2011, the UK Government chose Israel as the first country where it launched a new model of commercial diplomacy focused on tech partnerships. Five years on, the UK Israel Tech Hub has made tremendous advances in promoting Britain’s role as a leading destination for innovation. We have enabled over 80 commercial partnerships between the […]

1st September 2016 Science and Innovation Network

Glenn Shoosmith

CEO BookingBug Ltd

Why BookingBug built our business in Britain

As a founder, you don’t necessarily get to choose where your business is “born”. Where you find yourself when it comes to seeking investment, scaling and growing a team, is often a matter of chance rather than a matter of choice. Unlike many in my position however, I did have the opportunity to choose. As […]

31st August 2016 Los Angeles, USA

by Patricia Gruver

Science & Innovation Officer

FUNDING: Microbiome Partnership Development Awards: Open Call for Submissions

The UK-US Partnership Development Awards Programme aims to develop new relationships in the field of microbiome research, leading to long‐term research collaborations. Applications for the current round are open to academic and innovation experts in the UK and US. Ideal outcomes include joint publications; joint or complementary funding applications; student / researcher exchange programmes; sharing […]

31st August 2016 Science and Innovation Network

Samantha North

GoCardless Ltd

Why Global Britain is driving the fintech revolution

The UK’s history of innovation goes back a long way. Ever since the Industrial Revolution, we have carved out a far-reaching global reputation for creative thought and technological excellence. But national reputations only stick if they are backed up by concrete action – and ours has remained solid because we live it every day. In […]

30th August 2016 London, UK

by Robin Grimes

Former FCO Chief Scientific Adviser

Athletes go gold at Rio … but gold doesn’t react!

The UK’s recent success at the Olympics showed how working collectively as a team, we can achieve greatness, despite being a relatively small nation. In Government, we understand that used carefully, sporting prowess can be a source of soft power for the UK, as are many other sectors of which we are proud: fashion, film […]

29th August 2016 Bangalore, India

Venkatesh Janakiram

Senior Sector Manager Aerospace

UK-India aerospace partnership can scale new heights

Aerospace is a UK manufacturing success story in the global business of making planes. We are a world leader in innovation, design and manufacturing parts for planes. Over the past several years the UK Science and Innovation Network and Department of International Trade have worked together to boost collaboration between the UK and India. This […]

22nd August 2016 Science and Innovation Network

John Kampfner

Chief executive, Creative Industries Federation

John Kampfner on Our Creative Industries

British culture is famous around the world, with our theatre, our television, our music and our films thrilling millions who have never visited the country and proving a major attraction for many who do. Attention may have shifted this summer from Sherlock, Adele and Harry Potter to our cyclists, gymnasts and rowers at the Rio […]

19th August 2016 Bangalore, India

Manjari Chakravorty

UK-India partnership making waves in the Sunderbans

Last year I had the opportunity to manage an incredibly exciting project on UK-India Cooperation on Tidal Power Research, which included several visits from the UK Centre for Marine Energy Research (UKCMER), hosted at the University of Edinburgh. This builds on our efforts from 2014 when UKCMER members visited Kolkata and the Sunderbans to look […]

17th August 2016 Boston, USA

by Rebecca Leshan

Regional Director for the UK Science & Innovation Network

FUNDING: Fulbright Awards for UK Citizens

The UK-US Fulbright commission provides grants to UK citizens to study, research and lecture in any subject at an accredited higher education institution in the US. Student Awards are available for UK students to pursue a postgraduate degree in the US, or to attend a US university as a ‘visiting student researcher’, or Scholar/Professional Awards fund academics and professionals to lecture, […]

About Global Science and Innovation Network

We use this blog to showcase the work of the UK Science and Innovation Network. We have approximately 90 officers in over 30 countries and territories around the world building…

We use this blog to showcase the work of the UK Science and Innovation Network. We have approximately 90 officers in over 30 countries and territories around the world building partnerships and collaborations on science and innovation. SIN officers work with the local science and innovation community in support of UK policy overseas, leading to mutual benefits to the UK and the host country.

We work to four objectives; prosperity, security, influence and development, across 11 thematic programs; Health and Life Sciences, Clean Energy ,Food and Agriculture, Future Manufacturing, Digital Economy, Quantum Technology, Future Cities, Resources and Resilience, Polar Regions, Space and Oceans.