Manufacturing Engineering

Irene Rombel discusses how artificial intelligence and machine learning can address bottlenecks, quality issues, and production costs in cell, gene, and RNA therapy manufacturing. The seminar focuses on real-world process-development applications that improve reproducibility, speed, and cost effectiveness.

Innovate UK funds preparatory work to establish the Medicines Manufacturing Data Institute, a secure national hub for sharing and using medicines-development and manufacturing data. Phase 1 supports consortium formation and preparation of a phase 2 proposal. The competition has a total funding pool of GBP 500,000; this is not a per-project award claim. UK registered businesses, academic institutions, research and technology organisations, charities, nonprofits and public-sector organisations may lead or apply alone. Applications opened on 7 September and close on 14 October 2026 at 11:00 UK time.

Investigate high-temperature phenomena and the control of metallic microstructures in welding, casting, laser processing and additive manufacturing. This permanent research role joins the Welding and Joining Technology Group in the Research Center for Structural Materials. Work includes new materials and technologies relevant to resilience and carbon neutrality. The expected start is 1 April 2027, negotiable; applications and recommendations are due 21 October 2026.

This collaborative industrial-research competition supports strategically important parts of the UK battery value chain, including battery-cell and pack manufacturing, high-performance cells, automated manufacturing, non-destructive testing, AI-supported design and simulation, supply-chain resilience and UK scale-up from laboratory to pilot or pre-commercial manufacture. Concept-development projects must request between £500,000 and £4 million, run for 12 to 36 months, start no earlier than 1 May 2027 and finish by 31 March 2031. The competition is open and closes on 2 December 2026 at 11:00am UK time.

This feasibility-study competition supports collaborative projects that accelerate and commercialise battery technologies, respond to a specific sector and market demand, remove industry hurdles and strengthen the UK battery value chain. In-scope work includes materials extraction and processing, cell and pack technologies, manufacturing tools, quality control, diagnostics, testing, simulation and digital tools. Projects must request £70,000 to £500,000, last 6 to 18 months, start no earlier than 1 May 2027 and finish by 31 March 2031. The competition is open and closes on 2 December 2026 at 11:00am UK time.

This collaborative industrial-research competition supports strategically important parts of the UK battery value chain, including battery-cell and pack manufacturing, high-performance cells, automated manufacturing, non-destructive testing, AI-supported design and simulation, supply-chain resilience and UK scale-up from laboratory to pilot or pre-commercial manufacture. Concept-development projects must request between £500,000 and £4 million, run for 12 to 36 months, start no earlier than 1 May 2027 and finish by 31 March 2031. The competition is open and closes on 2 December 2026 at 11:00am UK time.

This feasibility-study competition supports collaborative projects that accelerate and commercialise battery technologies, respond to a specific sector and market demand, remove industry hurdles and strengthen the UK battery value chain. In-scope work includes materials extraction and processing, cell and pack technologies, manufacturing tools, quality control, diagnostics, testing, simulation and digital tools. Projects must request £70,000 to £500,000, last 6 to 18 months, start no earlier than 1 May 2027 and finish by 31 March 2031. The competition is open and closes on 2 December 2026 at 11:00am UK time.

Innovate UK funds preparatory work to establish the Medicines Manufacturing Data Institute, a secure national hub for sharing and using medicines-development and manufacturing data. Phase 1 supports consortium formation and preparation of a phase 2 proposal. The competition has a total funding pool of GBP 500,000; this is not a per-project award claim. UK registered businesses, academic institutions, research and technology organisations, charities, nonprofits and public-sector organisations may lead or apply alone. Applications opened on 7 September and close on 14 October 2026 at 11:00 UK time.

Investigate high-temperature phenomena and the control of metallic microstructures in welding, casting, laser processing and additive manufacturing. This permanent research role joins the Welding and Joining Technology Group in the Research Center for Structural Materials. Work includes new materials and technologies relevant to resilience and carbon neutrality. The expected start is 1 April 2027, negotiable; applications and recommendations are due 21 October 2026.