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Research England is an organisation in the United Kingdom, in operation from 1 April 2018, that directs research and knowledge exchange funding for universities. It was established under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, as a Council in United Kingdom Research and Innovation from the Research and Knowledge Exchange functions of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. UKRI was created following a report by Sir Paul Nurse, the President of the Royal Society, who suggested the new body could increase integrative cross-disciplinary research. The first Executive Chair is David Sweeney, previously Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange in Higher Education Funding Council for England. With the other three UK Higher Education Funding Bodies, Research England is responsible for the Research Excellence Framework.