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Government ups nanotech funding
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[October 22, 2003, 19:12]
Government ups nanotech funding
News Last week, the UK Micro and Nanotechnology (MNT) Network, through which the DTI is funding the technology, called for a first round of funding applications, saying it planned to spend up to £15m initially, depending on the quality of submissions.
[October 13, 2003, 13:05]
Government to put £39.5m into R&D
News Technology companies are being given the chance to compete for £39.5m government funding for research and development. In April, the government announced a reform of funding for research and development, saying in its New Industry, New Jobs report...
[October 13, 2009, 1:00]
UK loses its nanotechnology lead
News The UK government has failed to allocate enough funding to nanotechnology, and the funding that has been allocated has not be fairly distributed, according to a report on the subject from the government's own advisory board.
[March 30, 2007, 14:25]
Gov't rejects call for Bletchley Park funding
News Lord Davies of Oldham, the deputy chief whip of the House of Lords, rejected McIntosh's call for government funding, adding there has already been substantial support for restoration work from English Heritage and Milton Keynes Council, which have...
[May 20, 2009, 9:10]
Brown pumps funds into espionage tech
News More government funding will be pumped into security technologies, the prime minister has announced. The development of technology used for espionage will also get more funding, Brown said. However, the Home Office said that CPNI would not be...
[March 19, 2008, 17:37]
MP calls on government for Bletchley funding
News A Liberal Democrat MP has asked the government for funding for Bletchley Park, the home of UK code-breaking during World War II. In an early day motion filed on Monday, MP Phil Willis called on the government "to provide operational funding whilst...
[July 24, 2009, 13:15]
Government rejects Bletchley rescue petition
Blog The government has rejected a petition calling for extra funding to save Bletchley Park, the base for the UK's codebreakers during World War II. The government turned down extra funding for Bletchley Park in May.
[August 26, 2009, 12:55]
Government pledges boost for grid technology
News The government has cited grid computing as an example of technology that should receive more public funding as part of an action plan to boost innovation among UK businesses. Science and innovation minister Lord Sainsbury, who has been leading a...
[December 17, 2003, 12:55]
Government announces broadband investment
Blog The government "will be allocating extra funding for the broadband network, making sure everyone benefits from the communications revolution", according to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alastair Darling.
[April 22, 2009, 13:24]
Chancellor promises emerging-tech investment
News The government will provide £750m in funding for emerging technologies in the manufacturing, digital and biotechnology sectors, chancellor Alastair Darling said in his 2009 budget report on Wednesday.
[April 22, 2009, 17:22]
Bletchley Park wins £460k in lottery funding
News The base for Britain's codebreakers during the Second World War, Bletchley Park was recently turned down for government funding despite the rapidly deteriorating condition of some its buildings. Bletchley Park has won £460,500 in lottery funding...
[September 29, 2009, 12:48]
BCS: Funding cuts will harm computing research
News Funding for research councils has been slashed by £68m this year, from £196m to £128m, the government announced last week, with science and technology councils bearing the brunt of the cuts. This drastic cut in EPSRC's funding conflicts directly...
[February 27, 2007, 11:50]
E-Government think tank launched
News Brunel University's School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics (SISCM) will run the group, with central government funding through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
[August 4, 2005, 14:40]
Microsoft controlling Australian Gov't 2.0 funds
News On Wednesday, Australia's Government 2.0 Taskforce released a draft contract for those receiving money from its Project Fund, which revealed that any funding contracts will be between successful bidders and Microsoft — not the commonwealth.
[October 1, 2009, 13:33]
IBM Hursley head gets key DTI role
News The government has appointed a chair for its Technology Strategy Board to oversee a £320m technology funding programme over the next four years. Graham Spittle, director of IBM's Hursely Laboratory, will be the first chair of the TSB, which will...
[September 14, 2004, 8:05]
Bletchley Park disappointed by funding rebuff
News Bletchley Park, the home of British code-breaking during World War II, has called Number 10's refusal to provide it with additional funding "disappointing". The prime minister's office said while it recognised the historical significance of the...
[August 28, 2009, 16:58]
Government attitude to open source improving?
Blog Last year a Government project called Timely information to citizens was announced, which provided funding to local authorities for projects that gets information out to people faster and more efficiently.
[June 26, 2009, 12:28]
Online cons slipping past Trading Standards
News The Trading Standards Institute (TSI) has admitted it does not have the skills or funding to police e-commerce shopping, and is calling for an increase in government and industry resources to boost consumer confidence online.
[June 21, 2001, 8:43]
Government to forge new cybercrime policies
News McMurdie has said she is hopeful the government will make a decision on funding for PCEU in the near future. But the Home Office has still not agreed to provide the £1.3m in start-up funding for a Policing Central E-Crime Unit (PCEU), proposed by...
[March 27, 2008, 7:35]
