Second Multimodal AI Community Forum

Second Multimodal AI Community Forum — 11 March 2026 (Online). 👉 Register here (and optionally submit a flash talk)
UKOMAIN Interest Groups — Join a focused community and help shape tangible outputs in multimodal AI. 👉 Sign up here
Fourth Workshop on Multimodal AI — 11–12 June 2026. 📍UCL East Campus, One Pool Street, London, UK.

Welcome to the UK Open Multimodal AI Network

The UK Open Multimodal AI Network (UKOMAIN) is a national initiative funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) with a total grant of £1.8 million. Our mission is to advance multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) by integrating diverse data types—such as text, images, and sound—to tackle scientific and engineering challenges and create a sustainable future.

UKOMAIN connects researchers, industry partners, and policymakers across eight Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges (TERCs)—ranging from health and wellbeing, transportation systems, and robotics to materials discovery, space research, nature-based engineering, global engineering solutions, and responsible engineering—to foster collaboration, innovation, and real-world impact. Follow our UKOMAIN LinkedIn page for the latest updates and opportunities or subscribe to our Multimodal AI Community mailing list.

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Key Activities

Our network supports a wide range of activities to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and open research, including:

Funding: Supporting small-scale, high-impact feasibility studies through competitive funding calls.
Knowledge Exchange: Hosting workshops, hackathons, and training sessions to empower early career researchers and promote skill development.
Community Building: Establishing a vibrant ecosystem with stakeholders from academia, industry, and policy sectors.
Open Research: Sharing data, software, and models under open science principles to maximise accessibility and impact.
Industry and Policy Engagement: Collaborating with industry and policymakers to ensure our research aligns with real-world needs and informs policy development.

Stay Connected

Join our growing community and stay updated on the latest developments, opportunities, and events in multimodal AI!

Follow us on LinkedIn: UK Open Multimodal AI Network
Subscribe to our mailing list: Multimodal AI Community
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: UKOMAIN YouTube

Do you have an upcoming event, collaboration opportunity, open position, funding success, or research highlight related to multimodal AI or Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges (TERCs) that you’d like us to feature in a future UKOMAIN newsletter?

Please share your item via our short Google Form which helps us curate and present submissions consistently. We also welcome brief comments or suggestions for future UKOMAIN activities through the same form. To help us capture UKOMAIN’s wider impact, we also particularly welcome private notifications of successful grants or major research outcomes that UKOMAIN activities or connections have helped enable. These can be shared directly with us at ukomain.contact@gmail.com and do not need to be submitted via the form.

Get Involved

Explore how you can be part of UKOMAIN:

Collaborate with leading researchers, industry partners, and policymakers.
Attend our workshops, seminars, and training sessions.
Access cutting-edge open research resources, including data, software, and tools.
Apply for funding opportunities to support impactful research projects.

Let’s shape the future of multimodal AI together!