Freedom of information (FOI) releases from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

This is a disclosure log of UK Research and Innovation's responses to freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) requests that might be of wider public interest.

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  1. FOI2026/00211: Redundancy payments to IUK senior members

    Request received: 11 March 2026

    I would like to request details of severance packages paid to senior members of Innovate UK staff during the financial year 2025/26. Specifically, I request financial details of what may be termed redundancy payments paid to those whose managerial title/position is is no longer required at the Executive leader level and above.

    Please provide anonymously if required but do break down into individual payments, for instance Exec 1, Exec 2 etc.

    Published: 9 June 2026

  2. FOI2026/00106: UKRI Audits - University of Leeds

    Request received: 11 February 2026

    I would like to respectfully request copies of the documents for all the audits conducted by the UKRI at the University of Leeds, during the period January 2020 - present, with regard to how the University of Leeds has ensured compliance wit UKRI documents and requirements, including but not limited to the UKRI training grant terms and conditions. (But also other relevant documents such as, for example, the UKRI Statement of Expectations for PhD projects.)

    If there are project-specific audits, please let me know and please provide the audits for the research project that has project reference - 2598155.

    (https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2598155)

    If there aren't any such project-specific audits, then please confirm that there aren't such documents. And, in this case, please provide any other documents for audits conducted by the UKRI with regard to how the University of Leeds is ensuring compliance with the UKRI training grant terms and conditions (for research programmes that are funded by using UKRI research grants.)

    If there are documents for both project-specific audits (for the project mentioned above) and for the University of Leeds's UKRI compliance in general, please provide both.

    If there are documents for audits that pertain specifically to how the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering of the University of Leeds has complied with UKRI documentation, terms and conditions, during the period mentioned above please kindly provide these as well.

    Please provide the documents mentioned in this email both for audits conducted by the UKRI (by, for example, visiting or inspecting the University of Leeds) as well as documents for audits conducted by the University of Leeds (self-audit).

    If any of the documents I requested do not exist (e.g., if there have been no audits), please state this clearly for each of the documents (or, as the case may be, category of documents) mentioned above.

    If any of the documents requested do exist but cannot be disclosed to me, then please state this clearly for each of the documents requested above, stating the reason why they can't be disclosed. Please also let me know the contact information (email address, postal address, person of contact etc) of the UKRI's legal affairs team. (This is because, in such a case, I may have to use another route / procedure in order to obtain the same documents.)

    Published: 9 June 2026

  3. FOI2026/00296: Innovate UK Growth Catalyst – Investor Partnerships

    Request Received: 2 April 2026

    For the Innovate UK Growth Catalyst – Investor Partnerships competitions:

    1) For both Round 1 and Round 2 please indicate for each application how many were new vs follow-on investment.

    2) For both Round 1 and Round 2 please indicate any successful application where the Investor Partner supported more than 2 successful applications with different companies.

    3) For Round 2 please indicate any successful applications where the same company and Investor Partner were also successful together in Round 1

    4) Please advise how many companies were disqualified for not passing the investment assessment under both Round 1 and Round 2 of the competition?

    Published: 8 June 2026

  4. FOI2026/00290: PGES Membership Dues

    Request received 2 April 2026:

    Your organisation is listed as an associate member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies (PGES), as recorded in their membership list dated 31st July 2025:
    https://pges.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PGES-Membership-as-AGM-25.pdf

    Please could you provide the following information:

    1. The date that your organisation first became an associate member of the PGES.

    2. The annual cost paid by your organisation for this membership for each of the last five financial years (or fewer if applicable).

    3. Any correspondence or documentation held (including emails and attachments) between your organisation and PGES in which the pricing of membership fees, or the benefits offered in return for membership, are explained. Please limit this part of the request to the six-month period surrounding the date your organisation first became an Associate Member (i.e. three months prior to and three months following that date).

    Published: 8 June 2026

  5. FOI2026/00265: AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards

    Request received 24 March 2026:

    I am getting in touch to make a Freedom of Information Request to get certain information about the AHRC PhD Doctoral Landscape Awards that have just been awarded for an October 2026 start date. As I understand only 15 studentships have been awarded. Below are the key points I am looking for:

    - The subjects and topic of each successful PhD

    - The university and research cluster that each studentship was awarded to

    - The specialties of the academics on each decision-making panel

    I am not requesting personal information of any kind, including names of parties involved. I just want a rundown of the subjects awarded Doctoral Landscape Awards, and the subjects of the academics on the deciding panels.

    Published: 8 June 2026

  6. FOI2025/01116: Rolls-Royce Plc

    Request Received: 16 December 2025

    All recorded information held by UKRI / Innovate UK relating to grants, loans and fiscal support and assistance provided directly and indirectly to Rolls-Royce PLC or its affiliated entities for aerospace-related activities (including for research and development, testing, manufacturing, or export-related support). In particular, information concerning subsidies or any support related to the Rolls-Royce UltraFan programme.

    Time Period: 1 May 2021 – Present

    CATEGORIES OF SUPPORT REQUESTED

    • Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme grants under the Industrial Strategy

    • Innovate UK grant awards for civil aerospace projects

    • Co-funded R&D projects under the Aerospace Growth Partnership

    • Any other direct or indirect financial assistance or incentives granted to Rolls-Royce PLC or its affiliated entities for aerospace-related activities

    SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS REQUESTED

    1. Approval/Award Documentation

    • Ministerial decision letters or authority board approvals

    • Grant offer letters or guarantee commitment documents

    • Signed funding agreements or contracts

    2. Subsidy Control Act Compliance

    • Subsidy Control Act 2022 assessment (Sections 52–58) if conducted

    • Economic rationale and public policy objective statements

    • Proportionality and necessity analysis

    3. Financial Details

    • Total committed amount

    • Amount disbursed to date

    • Valuation methodology for support

    Clarification Received: 10 February 2026

    Thank you for your email, and for the opportunity to provide clarifications.

    1. Question 3.3: Valuation methodology for support

    By ‘valuation methodology for support,’ we are seeking only recorded project-specific information explaining how the Department quantified the financial contribution or benefit associated with the relevant measure(s) of support to Rolls-Royce plc (or the relevant beneficiary entity).

    This includes:

    i. Any documentation setting out how the nominal amount of the grant, loan, guarantee, tax measure or other financial assistance was determined (for example, business cases, internal submissions, or value-for-money analyses), including any use of discount rates, expected loss modelling, or other relevant quantification methods.

    ii. Any recorded comparison with market terms (e.g. interest rates, guarantee premia, collateral, expected return on investment), insofar as such analysis was used to assess whether the measure conferred an economic advantage.

    iii. For guarantees or contingent instruments, any methodology used to estimate maximum exposure, probability of default, or expected loss.

    iv. For tax measures, any methodology used to estimate the value of tax foregone.

    We are requesting project-level documentation that shows how the value of the support was calculated and assessed in relation to the measure(s) in scope.

    2. Affiliated Entities

    In addition to Rolls-Royce plc, we request searches for:

    i. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

    ii. Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace Limited

    iii. Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG

    iv. Rolls-Royce North America Inc.

    If support was granted to a specific special purpose vehicle (SPV) or subsidiary for a defined project, we would be grateful if searches could also capture that entity, insofar as it formed part of the same support measure.

    Published: 3 June 2026

  7. FOI2026/00272: CEO Communications related to Palantir Foundry Software

    Request Received: 26 March 2026

    I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for the following information:

    - All written communications, memos, reports and/or briefings sent and received by Professor Sir Ian Chapman, CEO of UK Research and Innovation, between December 1, 2025 and March 25, 2026 which concern, or relate to, the use of Palantir Foundry software to prevent domestic violence.

    Published: 1 June 2026

  8. FOI2026/00273: Fieldwork and Palaeontology

    Request received: 29 March 2026

    I kindly ask for the following information for a research project: 
     
    With regards to applications that you received to your IRF scheme and Doctoral funding schemes in the years 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2022, specifically those project applications that involved palaeontology research: 
     
    a) What proportion of these applications include a fieldwork component, and, 
    b) What proportion of funded palaeontology projects include fieldwork in their proposal. 

    Published: 1 June 2026

  9. FOI2026/00288: Research and Activities related to Atmospheric Aerosols and Aircraft Emissions

    Request Received: 3 April 2026

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding research and activities related to atmospheric aerosols and aircraft emissions. Specifically, I would like to request:

    1. Any information on how frequently aircraft are involved in the release of aerosols into the atmosphere as part of research projects, environmental studies, or other initiatives funded or overseen by UK Research and Innovation.

    2. Details of the substances or compounds included in any such aerosols, including their chemical composition.

    3. Any available research, risk assessments, or reports regarding the potential impact of these aerosols on public health and the environment.

    4. The names of any projects, programmes, or collaborating organisations involved in such activities, along with relevant dates.

    Published: 1 June 2026

  10. FOI2026/00206: Farming Innovation Programme Feasibility Round 4

    Request Received: 9 March 2026

    For Farming Innovation Programme: Feasibility Round 4, please could you release the following information:

    1. The number of applications

    2. The number of assessed applications

    3. The number of successful applications

    4. The success rate

    5. The minimum successful score

    6. The maximum successful score

    7. Average grant fund value per project

    8. Average score of funded projects

    Published: 27 May 2026