The Chancellor has announced £100 million investment in the Alan Turing Institute.

The Chancellor has announced £100 million investment in the Alan Turing Institute.

The Chancellor has announced £100 million investment in the Alan Turing Institute.

The funding will support the Turing's continued work, centred around three new Grand Challenges in environment and sustainability, health, and defence and national security, backed by a continued commitment to fundamental AI and data science research. The challenge-led approach will also see the Institute carry out a programme of activity to ensure the UK has a fair and equitable digital society where data science and AI improves productivity and economic growth. 

Dr Jean Innes, Chief Executive of The Alan Turing Institute, said: “Our purpose is to make great leaps in data science and artificial intelligence to change the world for the better and this £100 million investment will allow us to chart a new path over the next five years, working with our partners across the ecosystem to uncover solutions to society’s greatest challenges.”

Alongside this new investment, the Institute recently announced four new Directors of Science and Innovation tasked with leading grand challenges in environment and sustainability, health, defence and national security and our fundamental AI and data science research.