[2][3][4] Royce's vision is to identify challenges and stimulate innovation in advanced materials research to support sustainable growth and development.

In 2022, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Grant Schapps announced a further £95 Million investment into Royce to deliver Phase 2 of its operations.

Royce equipment at the Bragg Centre focusses on enabling the discovery, creation, characterisation, and exploitation of materials engineered at the atomic level.

Housing equipment worth over £20m, the building features specialist laboratories, workshops and office spaces focussed on early-stage materials discovery and processing.

[46] Part of the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Park, the Royce Translational Centre[47] officially opened in October 2018 Its purpose is to evolve novel materials and processing techniques developed by research teams, making them accessible for trial by industry collaborators.

[50] Working with the Discover Materials group, they facilitated a virtual open week in July/August 2020 aimed at 16-18 year olds considering university degrees.

[51] Royce also has a regular stand at the annual Bluedot festival, engaging children and their families in interactive materials science challenges.

The Royce leadership team comprises:[57] Advanced materials innovation is a key focus area for the UK for several reasons.

Research in advanced materials is an area of national strength as one of the "Eight Great" technologies, and is a major contributor to most of the other seven, with over 150,000 published patent applications between 2004–2013.