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<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> A New Productivity Fund (NPIF) announced in the Autumn Statement will provide for £23 billion of spending between 2017-18 and 2021-22.<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/p> Through the NPIF the government will fund the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The fund will cover a broad range of technologies, to be decided by an evidence-based process. It will be delivered by Innovate UK and the Research Councils, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) when it is established.<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/p> We will begin to identify different challenge areas between now and the Budget in 2017. More detail on funding breakdown and proposals will be set out in due course.<\/ins><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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