Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (UK)

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Do firms that adopt one frontier technology, such as 5G, also adopt other cutting-edge technologies?

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What are the potential unintended consequences of digital technology (5G, ORAN, Fibre, etc) policies and to what extent could the market mitigate them?

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In what way(s) will the development of cloud services impact telecoms networks? What are the opportunities and the challenges?

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Estimating the willingness to pay for access to high-capacity telecoms networks: (i) what behavioural factors may hinder business and residential consumers from taking up new services and what factors drive them? (ii) what policy interventions might address these?

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What is the relationship between research led innovation and commercialisation in the UK? What are the determinants of this relationship? What are the tools required for research to lead to innovation? What are the barriers, if any?

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How inclusive is the evolving digital identity ecosystem? What are the barriers to inclusion within the system? What are the benefits of digital identity to individuals and businesses? How can we ensure the UK’s digital identity ecosystem is secure? Within the current market which groups are disproportionately affected or are more likely to become left behind as digital identity solutions become more widespread? What are some of the consequences of having excluded groups? Are there differences across different sectors or use cases? How can we build trust in digital identity solutions?

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What are the most cost-effective interventions for improving an organisation’s cyber security risk or network of interventions? How well do current government interventions support these?

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What is the overall impact of telecoms on biodiversity within the UK? This includes; (i) domestic manufacturing, (ii) shipping, (iii) installation, (iv)maintenance (v) passive existence of infrastructure?

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Evidence and data on the current composition of the workforce in the sector.

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Supply chain resilience: more comprehensive evidence on the supply chain relationships between companies in the UK and those in other countries, as well as evidence on the potential impact of supply chain restrictions.

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Detailed data on the dates of regulatory approval and cost-effectiveness appraisal of medicines and medical technologies.

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Evidence on the main barriers to conducting clinical trial activity.

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Data on indicators relevant for international comparisons in genomics.

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Which risks from AI are the most urgent to mitigate?

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To what extent do AI companies face sufficient incentives to invest in risk measurement, prevention and mitigation?

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Local benefits/patterns: What is the local impact of different RDI interventions?

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Detailed company data on sales to the NHS.

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How are decisions on investment and location of manufacturing facilities affected by the broader commercial environment and, in particular, price regulation and other cost control measures?