Research Professional: Don’t make innovation a poor relation of the research councils
Published on February 18, 2016
Our chief executive, Maddalaine Ansell, writes for Research Professional on how bringing innovation funding into Research UK could harm our efforts to give businesses the support they most need.
‘Innovate UK is a business-facing organisation. It works with businesses to understand their needs and help them find support. Some of these needs are not about research at all.’
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