The UKFin+ network is open to funding and exploring wicked problems across the whole spectrum of financial service contexts, challenges and issues. However, we have recognised that there are specific topics which we have a critical mass of academics and industry already engaged in tackling, but where some more work is needed to join experts up to develop collaborations.

Spotlights are our response to this. We will be running a series of Spotlights over the remaining duration of the UKFin+ network, to put a metaphorical spotlight on topics in the run up to our bi-annual funding deadlines. Over the six months before a deadline, we will host collaborative workshops, try to broker collaborations, and support grant applications to our schemes around the Spotlight topic.

We are now on our third spotlight, the topic of which is RegTech, Resilience and Compliance, running from May 2025 to November 2025. If you’re looking to submit to our deadlines on topics outside the current Spotlight, then please do not worry. We will remain open to proposals that are focused on areas outside this as well.