Two of London's leading universities, Imperial and
King's, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding signalling
their intention to join the UK Centre for Medical Research and
Innovation. Several months of negotiation lie ahead before the
universities formally become part of the project.
Biologists, chemists, physicists, engineers, computer scientists
and mathematicians will work side by side under one roof near to
some of the UK's leading hospitals and research centres to focus on
understanding and tackling the underlying causes of disease.
The four founding partners include the Medical Research Council,
Cancer Research UK, the Wellcome Trust and UCL (University College
London). If they become full partners, Imperial and King's
would each contribute £40 million to the development of the new
institute to match the contribution of the founding academic
partner - UCL.
The additional funding would enable UKCMRI to do even more, more
quickly than would otherwise have been the case. The costs of
construction have not changed. For more details click here.