The Abstract | Issue 2

RiR
RESEARCHER
IN
RESIDENCE
The third round of academics
for the Innovation Launchpad
Network’s Researcher in Residence
scheme have been confirmed, with
27 world class projects poised to
make a huge impact to industry and
to the UK’s strategic goals.
Across all three phases of the
Researcher in Residence scheme,
the ILN+ team have been inundated
with enquiries from academics from
institutions up and down the UK.
Since launching the Innovation
Launchpad Network+ and opening
the call for the RiR scheme in October
2022, more than 350 enquires
have been sent, 275 Expressions of
Interest and eventually, 107 world
class research projects spanning
three themes: Net Zero, Resilience
and Healthcare and Wellbeing. All
9 Catapults from the Innovate UK
Catapult Network are represented in
a fascinating portfolio of applications.
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