Advancing knowledge

Because new discoveries can drive change.

To solve the world’s greatest challenges we need to understand them. Our research community is here to answer the questions we need to ask to make our world fairer, safer and more sustainable. Here’s a snapshot of what we’re doing and how you can support our activity.

Find out what we’re doing to help society adapt to ever-evolving challenges and technologies in medicine and health.

Support our work to better understand the relationships between human, animal and planetary health.

Join us as we work together to understand more about how we can create a better world for future generations.

Learn about what we're doing to understand how artificial intelligence, digital and data technologies will shape our society.

Help us contribute to advances in the creative economies and support Scotland’s cultural heritage.