The science of the UK Catalysis Hub was originally built round the four themes of Catalysis Design, Environmental Catalysis, Catalysis for Energy and Chemical Transformations, with each theme having a lead investigator. The initial research projects followed those outlined in the original proposal to EPSRC and successfully established the programme.
Subsequently the Hub has supported eighty-two novel and topical projects in catalytic science, successive projects were selected following calls for project proposals across the scientific themes.
This approach has allowed Hub science to evolve and to address key current and future challenges.