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. FOI2026/00004: PhD Completion Times and Programmes

    Request Received: 2 January 2026

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:

    1. Data on time-to-completion for UKRI-funded PhD candidates, at the lowest level of resolution possible.

    2. Total CDTs and DTPs funded by UKRI with a breakdown of which research councils they belong to.

    I would like you to provide the information in the following format:

    - Electronically,

    - For n2, in a spreadsheet with the column titles: CDT/DTP name, research council, start date of first cohort, end date of last cohort, average completion time (if available).

    Published: 30 January 2026

  2. FOI2026/00005: BBSRC PhD Programmes with Industrial Placements

    Request Received: 2 January 2026

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:

    1. The names of all BBSRC funded CDTs and DTPs (ongoing and completed) for which students have been expected to complete a professional placement.

    2. For each of the CDTs and/or DTPs for which students have been expected to complete an industry placement, please provide the names of the CDTs and/or DTPs in which, as per the terms of the funding agreement, students have not been permitted to accept payment for this professional placement.

    3. For each of the CDTs and/or DTPs for which students have been expected to complete a professional placement, please provide details on the length of those placements (I.e 12 weeks).

    4. For those CDTs and or/DTPs - which have involved professional placements - for which at least one cohort of students have completed their PhDs, please provide the average completion time for students on those CDTs and/or DTPs.

    5. For those CDTs and/or DTPs which have involved professional placements, please provide that start date of the first cohort of students and the actual or projected end date of the last cohort of students.

    Published: 30 January 2026

  3. FOI2025/01031: UKRI Chair Briefings/Communications related to Shell meeting with HMA Brazil (April 2024)

    Request Received: 17 November 2025

    This request concerns any involvement of the UKRI Chair (Sir Andrew Mackenzie) or the Chair’s Private Office in relation to the Shell Board visit to Brasília and the April 2024 meeting between Shell directors and Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Brazil.

    Please provide the following information held by UKRI:

    1. Briefings, notes, or documents prepared for the UKRI Chair

    Including:

    • Any briefings on the Chair’s participation in Shell Board activities

    • Any documents prepared relating to his travel, engagements, or official interactions connected to Shell’s visit to Brazil

    • Any assessments or conflict-of-interest notes produced internally

    • Any internal correspondence about the implications of the Chair’s position at Shell for UKRI governance or ministerial correspondence

    2. Correspondence with Shell relating to the Brazil visit

    Including:

    • Emails, letters, WhatsApp messages, Teams messages, or attachments exchanged between the UKRI Chair’s Private Office and Shell (or Shell representatives) regarding the Chair’s participation in the Board trip

    • Any documents provided by Shell to UKRI in connection with the Brazil trip, such as itineraries, agendas, or briefing packs

    3. Correspondence with government departments (FCDO, DBT, DSIT)

    Including:

    • Any emails, messages, or attachments referencing the Chair’s participation in the Shell Board delegation

    • Any material concerning potential interactions between the Chair and UK government officials arising from the Brazil visit

    4. Internal UKRI governance documents

    • Any conflict-of-interest records, codes of conduct assessments, or declarations filed in connection with the Chair’s Shell Board activity during this period

    • Any correspondence with DSIT ministers or officials concerning these issues

    Timeframe Please cover 1 March 2024 – 30 April 2024.

    Published: 28 January 2026

  4. FOI2025/01052: Use of ServiceNow

    Request Received: 24 November 2025

    I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding your organisation’s use of ServiceNow. Specifically, I would appreciate responses to the following questions:

    1. How much do you spend on ServiceNow licences per annum?

    2. How many years have you been a ServiceNow customer?

    3. How many people are in your ServiceNow team?

    4. What is your average time to upgrade ServiceNow?

    5. Which ServiceNow modules are you currently running?

    6. What percentage of your upgrades do you test automatically?

    7. Which third parties do you use for ServiceNow support?

    8. What is your annual spend on third-party ServiceNow support?

    9. What are your top three ServiceNow projects planned for the next 12 months?

    10. Do you have business automation targets? If so, what are they?

    11. Do you have any plans to implement ServiceNow's Now Assist?

    12. How much do you spend on third parties overall?

    Published: 26 January 2026

  5. FOI2025/01044: Reprographics/Print Arrangements

    Request Received: 20 November 2025

    Please provide details of your current contract covering reprographics/print arrangements as follows

    1. Number of Multi-functional devices at UK Research and Innovation / Research Councils UK?

    2. Name of current supplier/s?

    3. Contract start date?

    4. Contract end date?

    5. Is there an option to extend this contract?

    6. Does UKRI have a print room? If yes, when does the contract end?

    7. Does UKRI have additional printers? If yes how many and is there a contract?

    8. What route to market – open tender or framework, if yes which one used?

    9. Who at UKRI is responsible for this contract?

    Published: 26 January 2026

  6. FOI2025/00639: UKRI Gambling Harms correspondence

    Request received: 11 July 2025

    (Part 1)

    Please can you supply me with copies of all correspondence and related memoranda sent or received by the UKRI in relation to the following funding opportunities?

    • UKRI Gambling Harms Research Coordination Centre (GHRCC)

    • Gambling harms research and innovation partnerships (GHRIP)

    I request this information for the period 1st June 2025 to the present date. My request relates to the terms of the funding opportunities rather than applications for funding.

    Clarification received 13 August 2025:

    I would like to narrow the period of the search from 23rd June to 8th July and restrict it to correspondence received by UKRI in relation to the publication of the terms of funding (of the two gambling studies projects specified in my original FOI).

    Clarification received 13 September 2025:

    My revised request was worded on 13 August; can you confirm that UKRI received 537 individual pieces of correspondence relating to this matter (the UKRI terms and conditions for its gambling research programme) between 23rd June and 8th July? If that is the case, can I ask you to narrow the parameters of the search to the following dates: 1st July to 8th July 2025?

    Additional element added 13 August 2025:

    (Part 2) Please can you supply me with copies of all correspondence and related memoranda held by the UKRI in relation to revisions made to the following UKRI web page:

    • Gambling harms research and innovation partnerships – UKRI1

    Revisions were made on 26th June, 10th July, 20th July and 29th July.

    Published: 21 January 2026

  7. FOI2025/01143: SMART Grants for AI

    Request Received: 29 December 2025

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to know how many UKRI SMART grants have been awarded for projects focusing on Artificial Intelligence between the years 2020 to 2025.

    Published: 14 January 2026

  8. FOI2025/01053: Governance of FOI2025/00705 and Internal Review IR2025/00966

    Request Received: 22 November 2025

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following limited governance-related information concerning the handling of FOI2025/00705 and its internal review IR2025/00966:

    1. A copy of the internal search protocol or keyword list used to identify the 1,411 documents referred to in UKRI’s refusal letter dated 24th October 2025;

    2. Confirmation of which internal UKRI teams (e.g. Counter Fraud, Assurance, Legal, etc.) were consulted by the Information Rights Team in responding to this FOI;

    3. The date on which any of the four whistleblowing reports submitted to UKRI Counter Fraud between May and July 2025 were first logged or referenced as part of the FOI response process;

    4. A copy of any internal case summary, briefing note, or referral email prepared for the purposes of internal review IR2025/00966.

    Published: 14 January 2026

  9. FOI2025/01034: Experimental Medicine to Define New Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration

    Request Received: 11 November 2025

    I found this closed funding opportunity on the UKRI website as part of my review: Experimental medicine to define new mechanisms of neurodegeneration.

    I was very excited to see the call was for applications interested in investigating the causes, progression and treatment of neurodegenerative conditions that give rise to dementia. The funding process closed in March 2025.

    Please could you send this curious citizen a list of the hypotheses that received funding, and a rough idea of when the results of the studies will be published? I realise it may be a while!

    Published: 13 January 2026

  10. FOI2025/00678: ME/CFS Delivery Plan: Decisions on Biomedical Research Funding

    Request Received: 29 July 2025

    I request the following information regarding the UK Government’s ME/CFS Delivery Plan published in July 2025:

    1. Copies of all meeting minutes, briefing papers, internal reports, and email correspondence (from January 2022 to present) in which the Department or UKRI/MRC discussed whether or not to specifically allocate funding for biomedical research into ME/CFS as part of the Delivery Plan.

    2. Any assessments, cost-benefit analyses, or recommendations presented to ministers or senior officials about the impact of allocating (or not allocating) such funding.

    3. The names of any committees, working groups, or advisory panels involved in making this decision.

    4. Copies of any responses to stakeholders (patient organisations, researchers, or advocacy groups) who requested allocated biomedical research funding during the Delivery Plan’s consultation phase.

    Clarification Received: 10 September 2025

    [For Q1] Please use the first search terms suggested

    • ((("ME/CFS" OR "Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" OR "Post-Exertional Malaise") AND ("Funding") AND ("Delivery Plan" OR "ring-fence" OR "reserved funding")) AND ((ItemClass=IPM.Note) AND (Kind=email))) AND (Date=2022-01-01..2025-07-29)

    Published: 12 January 2026