The UK undertakes world-class science. With just 1% of the world’s population the UK receives over 12% of all citations to published papers.  But the UK realises that science is an international endeavour and to be successful UK scientists need to collaborate with the best in the world.  The UK has therefore created the UK  Science and Innovation Network.  In Europe, SIN responds to emerging science and policy priorities and aims to facilitate new partnerships.  We catalyse the early stages for new collaboration.  

What we do? 

• Increase scientific collaboration - UK with other European countries.
  
• Strengthen the UK’s innovation capacity - R&D partnerships and technology transfer.
  
• Organise exchanges on science-related policy and best practice.
  
• Use science and innovation to influence international approaches to key global policy challenges such as climate change or stem cells.

How we can work with you? 

1. Workshops - Bringing together leading experts from Europe and the UK to present their research and identify areas for collaboration. 
   
   
2. Missions - targeted inward and outward missions offering experts the opportunity for discussions and visits on priority research challenges and solutions, aimed at facilitating new contacts and prompting new collaborative opportunities.
    
3. Policy issues - organise meetings between leading experts and report key policy developments to the UK Government and science stakeholders.

Why work with us? 

We expect our events to generate a number of outcomes including

• Collaborative groups that can go on to apply for funding from other sources eg. UK and in country research funders, FP7 and other EU programmes, investors
  
• Closer research partnerships between specific institutions
  
• Joint high level publications
  
• R&D investment
  
• Media coverage

Further details 

SIN is a network of science officers based in British Embassies and Consulates throughout the world.  We work to strengthen international science partnerships with the UK.  We work with many organisations in the public and private research and innovation sector. In Europe we work both multilaterally and bilaterally with the UK.  

We serve science interests across the whole of the UK Government.  We work together with UK Trade and Investment, the Research Councils, the Technology Strategy Board, Foresight, Knowledge Transfer Networks, the British Council, UK Government departments, Regional Development Agencies and of course institutions and companies.

Local representatives 

Magda Gajownik, S&I Officer
Tel. +48 (22) 311 02 87
e-mail: magda.gajownik@fco.gov.uk
  
Andrzej Wajs, S&I/EU Assistant
Tel. +48 (22) 311 01 71
e-mail: andrzej.wajs@fco.gov.uk