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PhenomUK, a transformative national research infrastructure supported by research from the º£½ÇºÚÁÏ has announced a £35.4 million, six year project funded through the UK Research and Innovation Infrastructure Fund () and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council .

The program represents 'a coordinated effort to secure the UK’s long-term food supply in the face of growing global challenges by establishing a national research and innovation infrastructure spanning crop growth stages from seed to field' and  incorporates the work of researchers from the º£½ÇºÚÁÏ's School of Computer Science (Professor Tony Pridmore, Dr Valerio Giuffrida and Ms Claire Hayes) and Biosciences (Dr Darren Wells), the Universities of Sheffield, Essex, Edinburgh and Manchester and Rothamsted Research.

In addition, PhenomUK builds on the success of the UK Plant and Crop Phenotyping Infrastructure preliminary activity and the PhenomUK Technology Touching Life network and as such strengthening collaboration across academia, industry, and innovation partners.