Emerging Technologies 2050 Vision

Description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded as a direct award under the FUTURES FRAMEWORK REFERENCE NUMBER: PS22410 Brief Description of Requirement The Government Office for Science (GO-Science) plays a key role in supporting HMG's strategic foresight around S&T, through horizon scanning, technology assessments, and foresight projects. To do this effectively, GO-Science requires evidence-based, expert-backed insight into the potential future developments of potentially disruptive technologies - looking further ahead into the future to inform our internal work programmes. This need includes not only technologies with a high likelihood of having some impact on the future, but also 'low-likelihood, high-impact' technologies that have a small chance of fundamentally altering our society.

Awards

Official publications

• PS26185 Research Security Learning Landscape and Capability Development: Market Assessment and Strategic Research
  Published: 4 November 2026
• PS26160 - UKSAC26_0049 Global Partnerships Monitoring and Evaluation
  Published: 4 November 2026
• PS26187 - Research Security Due Diligence and Risk Assessment Tools: Strategic Market and User Research
  Published: 2 November 2026
• PS26218 - Market assessment to identify tools which are preventing businesses from securely adopting AI
  Published: 14 October 2026
• PS26107 - Responsible Innovation in collaboration with China's Engineering Biology Biofoundries
  Published: 17 September 2026
• PS26136 - UKSAC26_0040 Unlocking Space for Investment - Investor Pathway
  Published: 14 September 2026
• PS26118 - UKSAC26_0030 European Space Agency Portfolio Monitoring and Evaluation
  Published: 1 September 2026
• PS26144 - UK Safety Tech Sector Snapshot
  Published: 12 August 2026
• PS26116 - OfDIA Cyber Security Consultancy
  Published: 22 July 2026
• PS26065 - User Research Recruitment
  Published: 20 July 2026

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