A new UK research funding agency examined
21 September 2020
The Science and Technology Committee seeks to understand the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the US organisations that have sought to replicate it, other research organisations, and what lessons can be learnt prior to the establishment of a new research funding agency in the UK.
- Watch Parliament TV: A new UK research funding agency
- Inquiry: A new UK research funding agency
- Science and Technology Committee
Witnesses
Wednesday 23 September, virtual meeting
At 2.30pm
- Dr Peter Highnam, Deputy Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- William Bonvillian, Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
At 3.30pm
- Dr Regina Dugan, Chief Executive Officer, Wellcome Leap
- Dr Antoine Petit, Chairman and CEO, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Further information
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