UK GOVERNMENT AI UNIVERSE: UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

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Identity

As written in the research. Data as of 28 October 2026 (edition 2.1).
official nameUK Research and Innovation
short labelUKRI
govuk categoryNon-departmental public body (executive NDPB)
govuk urlgov.uk/government/organisations/uk-research-and-
headquartersPolaris House, Swindon, SN2 1FL; lat 51.566729, lng -1.784744 (sources: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/contact-us/uk-office-locations/ — "UK Research and Innovation / Polaris House / Swindon / SN2 1FL"; https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/SN21FL — "Latitude: 51.566729 Longitude: -1.784744"). London office: 157 to 197 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SP (same UKRI page). [UKRI London office: lat 51.491727, lng -0.148236; address: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/contact-us/uk-office-locations/ (address as quoted in the master record; page not reopened in this pass); coordinates: https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/SW1W9SP (accessed 2026-10-28)]
parent (as of 2026-10-28)Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST). Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-research-and-innovation — "sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade" (accessed 2026-10-28)
previous parent / parent changedDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology, until July 2026. Source: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/how-we-are-governed/ — "the then Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (now superseded by the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)" (accessed 2026-10-28)
headProfessor Sir Ian Chapman, UKRI Chief Executive, from summer 2025 (appointment announced 25 February 2025; predecessor Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser left June 2025). Chair: Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, from July 2026 (confirmed 7 May 2026 after a Commons committee hearing; succeeded Sir Andrew Mackenzie).
blurbThe national research and innovation funding agency; it brings together the seven research councils, Innovate UK and Research England and pays for most public AI research, doctoral training, fellowships and research compute.
website still shows old brandingno on the governance page (updated to BIST). The UKRI Framework Document 2025 on GOV.UK (24 November 2025) still refers to "its relationship with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology". The AI strategy pages on ukri.org (last updated 18 March 2024 and 12 May 2025) name no sponsor.

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