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Trailblazing Sustainability and Innovation: Announcing the 2024 SCGC-FIRST Awards Recipients

The SCG Chemicals (SCGC)-FIRST Prioritisation Panel has revealed the recipients of the second round of SCGC-FIRST Awards, showcasing exceptional research driving innovation and sustainability across the MPLS Division. This year’s awardees tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges, from plastic waste to energy efficiency and renewable technologies.

SCGC-FIRST Round Two Launched to Accelerate Sustainable Innovations in the Chemicals Industry

The University of Oxford and SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited (SCGC) are excited to announce round two of the SCGC-FIRST (Fund for Innovation and Research in Sustainability and Technology). This initiative aims to propel cutting-edge research and innovations from Oxford’s laboratories into practical, sustainable solutions for the global chemicals industry.

UKRI has announced its latest round of Future Leaders Fellowships, including three Oxford recipients

Professor Balint Koczor (Mathematical Institute) was among 68 of the most promising research leaders who will be funded for research into global issues and to commercialise their innovations in the UK.

University spin-out Oxford Semantic Technologies acquired by Samsung Electronics

Oxford Semantic Technologies, established in 2017 by three Department of Computer Science professors — Ian Horrocks, Boris Motik and Bernardo Cuenca Grau, sees its RDFox technology incorporated into Samsung AI consumer devices.

Winners and commendations announced for MPLS Impact Awards 2024

Five researchers from the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS) have been recognised for their outstanding research impact at the annual MPLS Impact Awards.

Entering the quantum era

The world’s most powerful computer hasn’t yet been built – but we have the blueprint, says the team behind Oxford spinout Quantum Dynamics. Meanwhile, Chris Ballance, co-founder of spinout Oxford Ionics, says ‘quantum computing is already solving complex computing test cases in seconds – solutions that would otherwise take thousands of years to find.’

Oxford University Innovation unveils five-point plan to increase the proportion of women founders to 50 per cent by 2030

Oxford University Innovation (OUI) backs International Women’s Day 2024 call for accelerating women’s equality through creation of gender parity in enterprise.

Begbroke Innovation District: a living lab for sustainable development

The development of the Begbroke Innovation District is providing the opportunity for a ‘Living Lab’ to model sustainable practices from energy use to community engagement, and biodiversity to building design.

Third Trilateral Seed Fund between Siemens, TU Berlin and University of Oxford is bearing fruit

Four successful bids have just been announced under the third Trilateral Seed Fund call of Siemens AG, Technical University of Berlin and the University of Oxford, following successful runs in 2020 and 2022.

OSCAR sets its sights on new horizons after five successful years

The Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR), Oxford's first and only engineering and physical sciences research institute located in China, hosted celebratory events on Thursday 7th December to mark its fifth anniversary in Suzhou, China.

University and SCG Chemicals launch £1m SCGC-FIRST fund to accelerate sustainable technology development in the chemicals industry

SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited (SCGC), part of the Siam Cement Group (SCG) and one of the largest integrated chemical companies in Asia, has agreed a major new award scheme to develop novel ideas and nascent research from Oxford’s laboratories into environmental sustainability solutions for the global chemicals industry.

Global impact of Oxford University Innovation highlighted in new report

Oxford University Innovation (OUI), the research commercialisation office of the University of Oxford, has published its first impact report, which showcases the ripple effect of spinouts, start-ups and social ventures started in Oxford.

Meet the winners of Oxford’s Jamie Ferguson Innovation Awards 2023

The second year of the Jamies Awards deliver ideas that tackle plastic waste, drug discovery, and bad coffee.

Oxford ranked third most intensive science and innovation cluster in the world

Oxford has been recognised as one of the top science and innovation clusters in the world, according to new data released today from the upcoming 2023 Global Innovation Index (GII).

New ‘droplet battery’ could pave the way for miniature bio-integrated devices

University of Oxford researchers have made a significant step towards realising miniature bio-integrated devices, capable of directly stimulating cells. The work has been published in the journal Nature.

Record number of unicorn founders from the University of Oxford

The University of Oxford has produced the highest number of tech unicorn founders across Europe, according to a new report.

Oxford joins Imperial and York in £12 million fusion power industry partnership

A multi-institutional team will explore a new method for creating fusion power it hopes could eventually be scaled to provide safe, clean, and abundant energy.

Oxford retains top spot for spinouts

The University retains its position as the leading academic institution in the UK for generating spinout companies, according to a new report by data analyst firm Beauhurst.

Oxford spin-out HydRegen secures £2.6m to revolutionise sustainable chemical manufacturing

Biotechnology company HydRegen has secured £2.6m in its latest fundraising round, led by Clean Growth Fund, to commercialise its sustainable technologies for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

‘Safewalk’ concept wins the MPLS i-City postgraduate student innovation competition

Running in Hilary Term 2023, i-City (sponsored by MathWorks) invited postgraduate students from diverse disciplines to work in teams and find new ways to deploy AI and Machine Learning tools to solve challenges relating to Smart Cities.

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