Five years after UKRI was created, a funding call was designed to fill the gaps between the research councils. 

It’s called the cross-research council responsive mode, and it funds interdisciplinary research looking to make an impact on lives and livelihoods.

Host and journalist Kim McAllister talks to UKRI chief executive Ottoline Leyser; assessment college member Sheena Vachhani and funded researcher Andrew Manches to find out more about how this scheme works.