Policy paper

UK Research and Development Roadmap

The government’s Research and Development (R&D) Roadmap sets out the UK’s vision and ambition for science, research and innovation.

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 1 July 2020
• Last updated: 21 January 2021 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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UK Research and Development Roadmap

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UK Research and Development Roadmap (webpage)

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UK R&D Roadmap survey: summary of responses

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UK R&D Roadmap survey: summary of responses (webpage)

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The government’s long-term objectives for research and development (R&D) are clear: to be a science superpower and invest in the science and research that will deliver economic growth and societal benefits across the UK for decades to come, and to build the foundations for the new industries of tomorrow. This was supported by the unprecedented commitment at the Budget to increase public investment in R&D to £22 billion by 2024 to 2025.

The Roadmap marks the start of a conversation to identify:

• the strengths and challenges facing the sector
• the issues that need to be addressed
• how we want to work with universities, business, the third sector and across government to cement the UK’s reputation as a science superpower

R&D will be critical to a swift economic and social recovery from the impacts of COVID-19, for a greener, healthier and more resilient UK. Our goal is to further strengthen science, research and innovation across the UK, making them central to tackling the major challenges we face, including achieving net zero carbon emissions, building resilience to the impacts of climate change, closing the productivity gap and embracing the transformative potential of new technologies to improve the quality of life.

Online survey

Alongside the Roadmap we published a survey asking key questions about the UK’s R&D system. In January 2021 we published the summary of responses to the survey here, which include:

• the key themes that arose from responses
• the progress made on the R&D Roadmap

Published 1 July 2020
Last updated 21 January 2021 + show all updates

1. 21 January 2021

   Summary of R&D Roadmap survey responses published.

2. 1 July 2020

   First published.