In January 2025 Royce launched an important National Materials Innovation Strategy, on behalf of the materials innovation community.
To achieve this, it drew on the UK’s research community through a broad, 18-month consultation process as well as having support from government, including the Departments for Science, Innovation and Technology, Business and Trade, and Energy Security and Net Zero.
To support the implementation of this Strategy, we are looking to appoint a Public Affairs contractor to develop a campaign that will help articulate the role of materials innovation in addressing specific national priorities and build a compelling case for long-term policy support.
The focus of this Strategy is innovation and technology translation against national need: while material’s research and innovation is an acknowledged UK strength, we recognise the need to be much better at linking the science to commercial reality.
The aim of the Strategy is to identify opportunities and stimulate measures, which close this gap and ensure that the UK is a front-runner in embedding advanced materials and materials innovation into our manufacturing sectors such as communications, transport, defence, digital, energy, building and health.
More information about the National Materials Innovation Strategy can be found here: https://www.royce.ac.uk/collaborate/innovationstrategy/
