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UK and India sign science and innovation research agreement
The UK and India have signed an agreement to collaborate on science and innovation, following a meeting between UK Science Minister George Freeman and Indian Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh. A memorandum of understanding on
research between the two countries was signed in Westminster, enabling quicker, deeper collaboration on science between the two countries. The agreement is aimed at unleashing
new joint research schemes to deliver progress on some of the biggest issues facing the world, from climate change and pandemic preparedness through to AI and machine learning. Programmes include the establishment
of a new UK-India Net Zero Innovation Virtual Centre focusing on industrial decarbonisation and launching the first ever UK-India scientific deep sea voyage. Freeman said: “India is rapidly building on its phenomenal software and innovation sectors to become a global
powerhouse in science and technology. “With our extensive trading and cultural
links, shared democratic values and interest in urgent global issues from green technology and agri-tech to biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, we have very strong platforms for deepening research collaboration. “Today’s agreement is part of our
program of deepening UK collaboration
with other global science superpowers on ground-breaking innovation and research, to help tackle shared global challenges. This partnership will grow the sectors, companies and jobs of tomorrow for the benefit of both our countries and the globe.”
Alongside this agreement, India was
also named as a partner for the UK’s International Science Partnerships Fund, carrying forward the UK-India science partnership built through the Newton- Bhabha fund. This renewed partnership will start with two new joint UK-India research programmes: • £5m UK funding, matched by India, for research into farmed animal diseases and health
• £3.3m UK funding, matched by India, towards a technology and skills partnership programme that will enable UK and Indian researchers to develop skills, technologies and knowledge in areas such as AI, machine learning and bio-imaging.
US 'facing increased science research competition from Europe and new economies in Asia'
The United States must continue to invest and collaborate if it is to maintain its position as a leading science and technology power, a report has warned. The Institute for Scientific
Information (ISI) published 'US research trends: The impact of globalization and collaboration', which draws on data from Clarivate's Web of Science to analyse the trajectory of US research over the past 15 years. It reports that while the US remains a strong and influential player in the global research community, it faces increasing competition from new science-based economies in Asia and an expanded EU network. The report also raises
important questions about how past investment has
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prepared the US scientific enterprise to achieve its goals. Jonathan Adams, Chief Scientist at the Institute for Scientific Information, said: "The US remains a leading science and technology power, but it no longer stands alone. It needs to acknowledge its shrinking domestic research capacity and work pragmatically with resourceful competitors to maintain its position.” Key findings of the report include: • US research investment, domestic research student numbers and the output of research articles and reviews have not grown at the same rate as other parts of the world, resulting in increasing competition.
• Most growth in US research publication output is attributable to international collaboration, which has doubled for major traditional partners such as the United Kingdom and Germany and quadrupled with mainland China.
• The physical sciences and technology areas are the subjects where the US has the greatest degree of international collaboration and the smallest component of purely domestic research output. Mainland China is the US’s most frequent partner in technology research and is as frequent as the UK and Germany in physical sciences.
• The US's research portfolio remains extensive and
diverse, but its research subject diversity has declined due to the science budget expanding much faster in biomedicine than in technology areas.
• US research activity is unevenly spread across the country, but the US has sought to address over-concentration of its innovation and development resources by structured funding directed to areas of relatively weak research capacity.
• The US is strong, but no longer dominates the research landscape as it did in the past. This is because other G7 nations are producing papers of the highest citation impact, while more US papers are now of world average citation impact.
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