Recipients of Prince Albert industrial fellowships named

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Set up by Prince Albert in the wake of the Great Exhibition, the Commission supports emerging technologies and the people behind them. Each of the fourteen individuals selected for this year’s fellowships will receive up to £80,000 to help commercialise their research. The technologies include a super resolution ultrasonic imaging for inspection of defects on safety critical naval components, a data transmitter to standardise next-generation quantum communications, and new ceramic coatings to improve the durability and environmental impact of small modular reactors.

“Ensuring Britain’s young scientists and engineers are supported is crucial to ensuring that the UK is at the forefront of innovation in the years to come,” said Bernard Taylor, chairman of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.

“Our Industrial Fellowships are designed to fund and commercialise the most promising technologies that could shape our society in the future. This year, we have awarded more Fellowships than ever before, and the breadth of technologies we are supporting, from artificial intelligence, to clean power and potential cures for deadly diseases demonstrates that the talent in the UK is only growing.”