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The UK Net Zero Research and Innovation Framework is summated in a single published document (Click Here To See The Actual Document). This document is the most important document in the research and development funding matrix (Click Here To See The Matrix)
The Innovation Framework is nicely summated by the current Chief Scientific Advisor.
I have reproduced his entire open letter below which prefaces the “Framework” and I have highlighted the text in his letter which explains why and how R&D is focussed and only granted if it it complies with the following the Framework. R&D can be funded and in the field of decarbonising domestic heating and hot water but only if it is:-
Based on existing research and innovation already being undertaken.
Supports Heat Pumps.
Is in accordance with the Net Zero Strategy (jointly agreed with Saudi Arabia).
I have reproduced the entire open letter from Sir Patrick Vallance Government Chief Scientific Adviser below :-
UK Net Zero Research and Innovation Framework
Updated 30 March 2023
Research and innovation will be an essential part of the drive to decarbonise. Success will require us to pursue both mature technology implementation and enhancement, together with more rapid pull through of emergent technologies and discovery and invention of new technologies for the longer-term. We can achieve this through a bold, coherent programme of public sector research and innovation investment alongside appropriate policy support, coordinated with industry, to encourage and de-risk technology development and deployment and mobilise private sector investment. Produced under the guidance of the government’s Net Zero Innovation Board, this Net Zero Research and Innovation Framework represents a first statement of the UK’s net zero research and innovation priority areas over the next 5 to 10 years. It supports delivery of the UK’s Net Zero Strategy and carbon budget commitments, drawing on the existing evidence-base and research and innovation work already being undertaken. It identifies the main sectors and their respective challenges for the UK to reach net zero, the key research and innovation needs that should be addressed and the timescales for doing so. Government funded research and innovation, appropriate policy and regulatory support, private sector innovation, investor funding and academic research will all play a key role in delivering these. This Framework will help to ensure that the UK’s public sector net zero research and innovation spending is aligned to agreed UK priorities. It aims to provide a clear signal to the private sector and our academic and research communities about the UK’s focus areas as we move towards 2050 and to lay the foundations for a collaborative, whole-systems approach to net zero research and innovation activity. Taken together with the Net Zero Strategy, this provides an initial roadmap for maximising the contribution of innovation towards net zero, understanding the social and economic drivers of change and supporting international science and technology collaboration. It will need to be quickly developed into a detailed plan for delivery against which we can track our progress.
Sir Patrick Vallance Government Chief Scientific Adviser