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investment will provide valuable facilities
for our hydrogen fuel cell propulsion
system development programme and we
look forward to deepening our relationship
with the Cranfield University team as we
develop the technology needed for a more
sustainable aviation industry."
£1 billion investment since funding
scheme began. The investment from
Research England brings the total funding
figure for the RPIF scheme to £1 billion
since its inception. Cranfield is one of
four universities to receive funding in this
round.Professor Dame Jessica Corner,
Executive Chair at Research England,
said:“I am pleased to be able to award four
more universities funding from our flagship
UK Research Partnership Investment Fund
to create four centres in a diverse range of
topics, from net zero aviation to wound
research, and disease therapies to future
transport.
“The fact that we have been able to fund
60 research centres and facilities from the
fund since 2012, investing £1 billion to
tackle some of today’s biggest research
challenges, from developing treatments
for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease to
tackling global inequalities, and finding
better treatments for cancer to net zero
growth, is something I am immensely
proud of.
Project partners
Research and industry partners who are co-investors for the
project include:
- Marshall
- Cranfield Aerospace Solutions
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GKN Aerospace
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AIRBUS
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Element 2
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Hywaves
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Toyota
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GTI Energy
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Siemens Energy
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Heathrow Airport
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Modular Clinton Global
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Equilibrion
Academic partners include:
- Imperial College London
- Midlands Innovation Energy Research
Accelerator (ERA)
- UKRI NERC National Centre for Atmospheric Science
- UK Aerospace Research Consortium
“I very much look forward to seeing how
these new facilities deliver against a variety
of diverse challenges over the coming
years.”
- UK Collaboration for Research on Infrastructure and Cities
(UKCRIC)
- National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
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