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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1,322 disclosures

  1. FOI2025/00735: Concentrations of Crime Data Challenge Projects

    Request Received: 18 August 2025

    UKRI recently announced the launch of its Concentrations of Crime Data Challenge and said four initial projects have been commissioned. I'm seeking the following information:

    1) Names and locations of the four initial projects and the amounts of funding allocated to each one

    2) Copies of any application materials submitted to the UKRI by the project teams

    3) Copies of any evaluations that informed the UKRI's decision to fund each project

    Published: 30 December 2025

  2. EIR2025/00943: Non-Coal Mining Subsidence and Housing

    Request Received: 15 October 2025

    Dear British Geological Survey,

    I am researching the risk of subsidence from non-coal mining (e.g., limestone, ironstone, salt, tin, fluorspar) to residential property in the United Kingdom.

    Although I understand BGS is not a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I note that you operate an access-to-information policy in a similar spirit. I would therefore be grateful for the following:

    1. Any digital dataset or map layer you hold that shows the approximate boundaries of former non-coal mining areas where significant voids or shallow workings are recorded.

    2. The number of recorded instances of subsidence or crown-hole events attributed to non-coal mining that have affected residential properties in the last ten calendar years (2014-2024), broken down by local authority within the West Midlands.

    3. Any published or internal reports since 2020 that assess the susceptibility of residential land to non-coal mining subsidence, including any advice given to local-planning authorities.

    4. If the information is already available under licence, please advise the licence terms and cost for academic/private use.

    If any part of the request is refused, please provide a refusal notice explaining which exemption is engaged and carry out a public-interest test where appropriate.

    Published: 30 December 2025

  3. FOI2025/00920: Gambling Harms Research and Innovation Programme

    Request Received: 10 October 2025

    Please can you supply the names of all external organisations that UKRI met with between 1st July and the present date where funding for its gambling harms research and innovation programme was discussed?

    Published: 15 December 2025

  4. FOI2025/00807: STFC Webinar Slides and Transcript

    Request Received: 10 September 2025

    Under the FOI Act, please could I have both the presentation slides and a transcript of the STFC all-staff webinar held 3 September?

    Published: 8 December 2025

  5. FOI2025/00877: IUK Creative Industries & Digital Competitions (North East Awards 2019–2025)

    Request Received: 1 October 2025

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information:

    1. A list of all successful awards made by Innovate UK under the following competitions:

    • Creative Catalyst (including SME grants and Collaborative R&D)

    • Create Growth Programme competitions (all rounds)

    • Any Innovate UK/UKRI Investor Partnership competitions linked to the creative industries or digital sectors

    • BridgeAI competitions where the sector focus included the creative industries

    2. Please restrict the scope to awards made between 1 January 2019 and 30 September 2025 to organisations whose registered address is within the North East of England region (i.e. Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, County Durham, and Tees Valley).

    3. For each successful award, please provide:

    • Recipient organisation name

    • Project title

    • Competition name / round

    • Award amount (£)

    • Award date

    • Recipient organisation’s town/city and county

    I am not requesting any commercially sensitive technical details, business models, or personal data.

    Published: 8 December 2025

  6. FOI2025/00876: Smart Grant applications supported by Grantify UK

    Request Received: 28 September 2025

    Can you please tell me the success rate of all 'Smart Grant' applications assisted by the grant writing company, Grantify UK, in 2022, 2023 & 2024.

    If there is no recorded data on 'success rates', can you please tell me what percentage of submissions were assisted by Grantify UK.

    Published: 2 December 2025

  7. FOI2025/00692: Communication & Funding between UKRI and ARIA

    Request Received: 31 July 2025

    Following your response indicating that my original request was directed at ARIA as an organisation, I am submitting a revised request focusing on UKRI’s own involvement with ARIA.

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I request the following:

    1. All communications (emails, meeting minutes, briefings, memos) between UKRI and ARIA staff, officials, or associated organisations concerning: The Exploring Climate Cooling programme Any projects relating to geoengineering, atmospheric intervention, or solar radiation management (SRM)

    2. Details of any funding, grants, partnerships, or contractual arrangements between UKRI and ARIA since January 2020, especially relating to climate manipulation or climate research.

    3. Internal UKRI discussions referencing ARIA’s role in experimental climate control, weather modification, or balloon-based research trials.

    Clarification Received: 13 August 2025

    1. All email correspondence (including attachments) between UKRI and ARIA, dated 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2025, containing either of the following terms:

    “Exploring Climate Cooling"

    “SPICE" (Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering)

    This search should include all correspondence that contains these terms in any part of the email or attachment, including draft documents, internal discussions, and working papers.

    Published: 2 December 2025

  8. FOI2025/00835: Funding Allocated to Animal Experiments Involving Dogs

    Request Received: 22 September 2025

    Please provide the total amount of public funding allocated to animal experiments involving dogs for the period 2020–2024.

    Published: 1 December 2025

  9. FOI2025/00638: UKRI Business Case Summaries and Impact Assumptions for Spend Review 25

    Request Received: 11 July 2025

    1. Copies of the business case summary documents submitted by UKRI to DSIT and/or HM Treasury as part of the latest Spending Review (SR2025).

    2. Any supporting documentation detailing the economic impact assumptions or cost-benefit analyses, particularly relating to societal impacts, employment growth, and productivity.

    3. Internal or external documents explaining the modelling methodology behind such impact estimates.

    4. Correspondence between UKRI and DSIT or HMT that discusses or supports these figures

    Published: 1 December 2025

  10. FOI2025/00622: Misconduct over the last 3 years

    Request received: 08 July 2025

    Number of staff within your organisation who were formally disciplined for misconduct over the last three years (broken down by calendar year).

    I’d also like to know the outcomes of the disciplinary action e.g.

    • 14 staff dismissed

    • 12 staff issued a written warning

    • 16 staff given a final written warning

    Published: 1 December 2025