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. FOI2026/00287: IUK funding risks in the context of unrecognised Israeli settlements

    Request received: 13 May 2026

    This request relates to Eureka Collaborative R&D: UK-Israel competitions. This request relates to the latest round (Round 3) as well as previous rounds under the same collaboration. Hereafter, these competitions will be referred to as the ‘UK-Israel competitions’.

     

    As the UK Government’s guidance ‘Overseas business risk: Palestine’ states, the UK does not recognise Israeli settlements outside of pre-1967 borders, and economic activities (including transactions and investments) in Israeli settlements entail legal and economic risks; due to the fact these settlements are not recognised as part of Israel in international law.

     

    1.     Please disclose whether Innovate UK obtained the locations of Israeli-based collaborator organisations applying to the UK-Israel competitions.

     

    2.     If so, please disclose how these locations were obtained. ‘Collaborator’ here could mean partners (lead or otherwise) in applications, or subcontractors listed as providing expertise, labour or any other service to a project proposal. ‘Location’ here means the legal operating headquarters of organisations, or business/correspondence address of individuals, as applicable.

     

    3.     If locations were obtained, please confirm how many, if any, successful applications included collaborators based in legally unrecognised Israeli settlements. If any collaborators have unknown locations, please disclose how many are unknown.

    Published: 13 May 2026

  2. FOI2026/00153: UKRI-funded solar geoengineering / climate cooling projects

    Request received 25th February 2026:

    Please treat this as a request for environmental information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. 
    I am content for you to limit your searches to UKRI’s central grant/award databases and any standard descriptors or tags used for research topics. I am not asking anyone to manually review individual project files. 
    1. Project list 
    Please provide a table listing all UKRI-funded research projects, live or completed, with start dates from 1 January 2018onwards, where the primary subject matter is any of the following: 
    • “solar radiation management” 
    • “solar geoengineering” or “solar geo-engineering” 
    • “stratospheric aerosol injection” 
    • “marine cloud brightening” 
    • “cirrus cloud thinning” 
    • “albedo modification” in the atmosphere 
    • “climate cooling” defined as deliberate reflection of incoming solar radiation 
    2. Fields requested 
    For each project identified, please provide the following fields (where held in your database): 
    • project title 
    • brief summary or abstract 
    • lead institution 
    • funding council (e.g. NERC, EPSRC, etc.) 
    • total award value (£) 
    • start date and end date 
    If no projects meet these criteria, please say so explicitly. 

     

    We directed you to the UKRI Disclosure Log and four previous responses in the scope of your request: FOI2025/01009, EIR2025/00418, FOI2025/00606 and FOI2025/00494. You later clarified on 25th February: 

     

    Thank you for your email and for the references to FOI2025/01009, EIR2025/00418, FOI2025/00606 and FOI2025/00494 on your disclosure log. 
    I would like to proceed with my request, and I am happy for you to meet it in the most efficient way by: 
    1. Confirming that the projects and funding identified in those four previous responses together constitute the full set of UKRI-funded research projects since 2015 whose primary subject matter is solar geoengineering / solar radiation management / climate cooling (including stratospheric aerosol injection, marine cloud brightening and cirrus cloud thinning); and 
    2. Confirming, under FOIA/EIR, that UKRI has not funded any practical or field-based geoengineering projects or outdoor experiments, and that all UKRI-funded work in this area has been limited to modelling, feasibility studies, or other non-deployment research. 
    If that is the case, a short written confirmation referencing those FOI/EIR numbers will fully answer my request. 
     

    Published: 13 May 2026

  3. FOI2026/00179: Criterion for inclusion as an Independent Research Organisation

    Request received 1st March 2026:

    Please can you provide me with the following information: 
     

    1. A list of the criterion that must be satisfied for an organisation to be considered an Independent Research Organisation (IRO), and therefore be eligible to bid for UKRI-funded projects. 

    1. Confirm the exact criterion for eligibility to bid for UKRI-funded projects. 

    1. What is the process of reviewing the list of IROs for continued eligibility both to be an IRO and to bid for UKRI-funded projects. 

    1. Dates at which each currently registered IRO was last assessed for eligibility. 

     
    I am happy for electronic copy in answers to the above. I may require additional specific information about specific IROs in response to point 4, depending on your answers to the above. I will raise a separate FOI request if that ends up being the case. 

     

    Published: 13 May 2026

  4. FOI2026/00320: Biomedical Catalyst 2025 - Industry led R&D small projects

    Request received: 14th April 2026

    For Innovate UK's Biomedical Catalyst 2025: Industry led R&D small projects competition, please could you release the following information: 
     
    1.      The number of applications submitted. 
    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.      The maximum score of failed applications. 
    8.      The average grant fund value per project. 
    9.      The average score of funded projects. 
    10.     The count of assessed applications by research category (industrial research, experimental development). 
    11.     The count of successful projects by research category. 
    12.     The number of unsuccessful applications, if any, which scored above the minimum funded score. 
    13.     The split between single applicants and consortiums for successful applications. 
    14.     For consortium-led projects, the average number of partners within consortiums for successful applications. 

    Published: 13 May 2026

  5. FOI2026/00319: Biomedical Catalyst 2025 - Industry led R&D large projects

    Request received: 14th April 2026

    For Innovate UK's Biomedical Catalyst 2025: Industry led R&D large projects competition, please could you release the following information:

    1. The number of submitted 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. The maximum score of failed applications.

    8. The average grant fund value per project.

    9. The average score of funded projects.

    10. The count of assessed applications by research category (industrial research, experimental development).

    11. The count of successful projects by research category.

    12. The number of unsuccessful applications, if any, which scored above the minimum funded score.

    13. The split between single applicants and consortiums for successful applications.

    14. For consortium-led projects, the average number of partners within consortiums for successful applications.

    Published: 13 May 2026

  6. FOI2026/00163: Ophthalmology and Vision Research Applications to the MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship

    Request Received: 27 February 2026

    [Part A] Please provide aggregate data for the most recent five completed competition years (ideally 2021–2025 inclusive) for the MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship, including applications submitted under the opportunity titled “Clinician scientist fellowship” and/or “Early independence: clinician scientist fellowship” (or any direct successor/renamed listing for the same scheme).

    Using existing internal classification fields only (no creation of new data), please identify applications relevant to ophthalmology and vision research, including where available: ophthalmology, vision science, retina, glaucoma, cornea/ocular surface, uveitis/ocular inflammation, ophthalmic imaging, ocular genetics, ocular AI, and regenerative ophthalmology/vision regeneration.

    For those ophthalmology/vision-relevant applications, please provide by competition year:

    1. Number of applications submitted

    2. Number funded

    3. Median of total cost requested

    4. Median of total cost awarded

    Please also provide the same items 1–4 for the scheme overall (all subjects) for the same years, to allow comparison.

    Additional Request Received: 1 March 2026

    [Part B] Please provide aggregate data for the MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship (including any “Early independence: clinician scientist fellowship” listing or direct successor) covering the most recent 12 months of completed funding decisions (i.e., decision dates within the last 12 months).

    I am seeking to understand whether recorded collaboration patterns are associated with funding success. Please provide an aggregated contingency table showing, for applications decided in the last 12 months, the number of funded and not funded applications in each of the following categories (excluding the lead applicant):

    1. 0 co-applicants / co-investigators

    2. 1 co-applicant / co-investigator

    3. 2 co-applicants / co-investigators

    4. 3+ co-applicants / co-investigators

    For each category, please provide:

    • number of applications funded

    • number of applications not funded

    • the resulting success rate (funded / total)

    Published: 11 May 2026

  7. FOI2026/00178: Financial Expenditure of Operating Segments

    Request Received: 28 February 2026

    In your annual financial reports (for example, https://www.ukri.org/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025/, p140) you make reference to ‘separate financial information’ for operating segments. Could you provide me this information, for each operating segment, separated into sufficient granularity such that it is possible to identify the expenditure on individual named funding calls/initiatives, capital expenditure, facilities costs (including overheads, upgrades, staffing costs, etc, specific to individual facilities), as well as UKRI centralised overheads and staffing costs? I would like this information from 2018-2019 to (and including) 2024-2025.

    Published: 11 May 2026

  8. FOI2026/00103: IT Service Management Contract Information

    Request received: 10 February 2026

    I am submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act for details relating to your current IT Service Management (ITSM) solution.

    Please provide:

    1. The name of the current ITSM supplier and product in use.

    2. The contract start date and contract expiry date.

    3. Any extension options available within the contract.

    4. The total contract value, where available and procurement framework used (if applicable)

    5. The expected timeline or plans for re-procurement, if known.

    6. Number of licensed agents or users on the platform

    7. Departments or services currently using the ITSM solution

    Published: 11 May 2026

  9. FOI2026/00314: Battery Innovation Programme Round 1 Competition: Feasibility Studies

    Request Received: 10 April 2026

    For Innovate UK's Battery Innovation Programme Round 1 competition, please could you release the following information for the Feasibility Studies strand:

    1.      The number of applications submitted.
    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.      The maximum score of failed applications.
    8.      The average grant fund value per project.
    9.      The average score of funded projects.
    10.     The average number of partners within consortiums for successful applications.
    11.     The count of assessed applications by theme (Theme 1: UK equipment manufacturing and process capability for cell and battery production, Theme 2: UK battery reuse, recovery and recycling, Theme 3:  UK battery sector with localised battery supply chain and industrial resilience). If it is the case that some applicants submitted under more than one theme, please capture the most popular theme submitted into.
    12.     The count of successful applications by theme. If it is the case that some applicants were successful under more than one theme, please capture the most popular theme funded.
    13.     The number of unsuccessful applications, if any, which scored above the minimum funded score.

    Published: 8 May 2026

  10. FOI2026/00315: Battery Innovation Programme Round 1: Concept Development

    Request Received: 10 April 2026

    For Innovate UK's Battery Innovation Programme Round 1 competition, please could you release the following information for the Concept Development strand:


    1.      The number of applications submitted.
    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.      The maximum score of failed applications.
    8.      The average grant fund value per project.
    9.      The average score of funded projects.
    10.     The average number of partners within consortiums for successful applications.
    11.     The count of assessed applications by theme (Theme 1: UK equipment manufacturing and process capability for cell and battery production, Theme 2: UK battery reuse, recovery and recycling, Theme 3:  UK battery sector with localised battery supply chain and industrial resilience). If it is the case that some applicants submitted under more than one theme, please capture the most popular theme submitted into.
    12.     The count of successful applications by theme. If it is the case that some applicants were successful under more than one theme, please capture the most popular theme funded.
    13.     The number of unsuccessful applications, if any, which scored above the minimum funded score.

    Published: 8 May 2026