Plans have been announced to create a new Manchester headquarters of the UK Biobank, a large-scale biomedical database and research resource.
It follows news today (June 15) that UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has pledged £481m of investment over the next three years for 23 major infrastructure projects and nine scoping studies to maintain the UK’s position as a science superpower.
As part of this infrastructure funding, UK Biobank, described by UKRI as “one of the most important resources for population health in the world”, will receive £29m over the next three years, and £127.6m from the Infrastructure Fund in total including future funding years.
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