Research funding boost for Norwich Research Park
By: News Archive
The Government has announced a £40m investment in research at the new Quadram Institute (QI).
The announcement was made by Universities Minister Sam Gyimah on Monday (14 May) during a visit to Norwich Research Park (NRP).
Mr Gyimah was accompanied by Prof Sir Mark Walport, chief executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and Melanie Welham, executive chair of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
Following a tour of the building, they were joined at a breakfast reception by invited guests including Vice-Chancellor Prof David Richardson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Medicine and Health Sciences Prof Dylan Edwards, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation Prof Fiona Lettice.
Announcing the four-year research investment, Mr Gyimah said that, with science and innovation at the heart of its Industrial Strategy, “this is the Government putting its money where its mouth is.
“QI is a brilliant example of patients, clinicians and clinical researchers working closely together, focused on very, very specific problems,” he said. “Ten million Brits alive today are expected to live to 100, and this new £75 million facility will help ensure more of us have a healthy, happy old age.”
Due to open later this year, the Quadram Institute is a partnership between the former Institute of Food Research, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, UEA and the BBSRC. It will create a new interface between food science, gut biology, human health and disease.
Researchers working alongside clinicians, under one roof, will focus on healthy ageing to accelerate innovation to deliver societal and economic benefits in this area.
Prof Richardson said: “The University is delighted to be a key partner in this truly innovative project as it comes to life after four years in the planning. It heralds a new era of food and health science that will ultimately reduce the burden on healthcare provision - both in the UK and globally.”
For more information about the Quadram Institute, visit: https://quadram.ac.uk/
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