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. EIR2025/00418: Solar Radiation Management (SRM)

    Request received: 19 April 2025

    Under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am formally requesting the immediate disclosure of all information held by NERC regarding Solar Radiation Management (SRM), geo engineering, atmospheric aerosol injection, and any related climate modification activities conducted or supported either directly or indirectly within the United Kingdom or surrounding European territories, including maritime zones.

    This request specifically includes, but is not limited to, all research, contracts, partnerships, deployments, environmental assessments, correspondence, data, and risk reports regarding the deliberate alteration of the atmosphere or marine environment by means of reflective particles, chemical sprays, or other climate-altering technologies. If SRM and related activities are taking place, I demand a full breakdown of:

    1. The types of materials or metals (e.g., aluminium, barium, strontium, etc.) used or tested.

    2. The purpose of these materials and who authorised their use.

    3. The environmental impact assessments carried out beforehand.

    4. The agencies or private contractors involved in execution or research.

    Published: 25 February 2026

  2. FOI2025/01009: Solar radiation management (SRM)

    Request received: 10 November 2025

    On 28th February 2024, UKRI published an article about a new £10.5m, five-year research programme aiming to deliver independent risk-risk analyses to inform policymakers in the area of solar radiation management (SRM). https://www.ukri.org/news/research-programme-to-model-impact-of-solar-radiation-management/ In the section, 'Ethics and Governance,' it states the following: "The public voice is also important and there will be opportunities for public dialogue and involvement within the programme so that this evidence is also included." Could you provide information on what opportunities for public dialogue and involvement within the programme have since been made available?

    Published: 25 February 2026

  3. FOI2026/00024: Innovate UK DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Collaborate and Demonstrate

    Request received: 12 January 2026

    For Innovate UK’s 2025 DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Collaborate, 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.     Maximum score of failed applications

    8.     Average grant fund value per project

    9.     Average score of funded projects

    10.  Average number of partners within consortiums for successful applications.

     

    11.   The count of assessed applications by theme:

    Theme 1: Promote Zero Emission Vehicle Technologies
    Theme 2: Enhance Manufacturing Competitiveness
    Theme 3: Future Vehicle Innovation - Software Defined Vehicles (SDV) and Electrical/Electronic (E/E) Architectures).

    12.  The count of successful applications by technology area within Theme 1 (electrical energy storage, electric machines and associated driveline, power electronics including Vehicle-to-Everything, Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) for on road applications, ICE for off road applications, lightweight materials and manufacturing processes, fuel cell systems and associated balance of plant, hydrogen storage and management systems)

    13.   The count of successful applications by technology area within Theme 2 (Digital Transformation, manufacturing process decarbonisation, Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain Development).

    14.  The count of successful applications by technology area within Theme 3 (Integrated E/E systems, validation and verification technology, embedded Software Development, network communications, Control Systems).

    15.  The count of assessed applications by research category (industrial research and experimental development).

     

    Following clarification received on 26 January 2026, parts 11 to 14 were withdrawn from this request.

     

    For Innovate UK’s 2025 DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Demonstrate, 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 number of successful applications led by single applicants

    5.     The number of successful applications led by consortiums

    6.     The success rate

    7.     The minimum successful score

    8.     The maximum successful score

    9.     Maximum score of failed applications

    10.  Average grant fund value per project

    11.  Average score of funded projects

    12.  The count of assessed applications by theme (Theme 1: Promote Zero Emission Vehicle Technologies, Theme 2: Enhance Manufacturing Competitiveness, Theme 3: Future Vehicle Innovation - Software Defined Vehicles (SDV) and Electrical/Electronic (E/E) Architectures).

    13.  The count of successful applications by technology area within Theme 1 (electrical energy storage, electric machines and associated driveline, power electronics including Vehicle-to-Everything, Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) for on road applications, ICE for off road applications, lightweight materials and manufacturing processes, fuel cell systems and associated balance of plant, hydrogen storage and management systems).

    14.   The count of successful applications by technology area within Theme 2 (Digital Transformation, manufacturing process decarbonisation, Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain Development)
    .

    15.  The count of successful applications by technology area within Theme 3 (Integrated E/E systems, validation and verification technology, embedded Software Development, network communications, Control Systems).

    16.  The count of assessed applications by research category (industrial research and experimental development).

     

    Following clarification received on 26 January 2026, parts 12 to 15 were withdrawn from this request.

     

    Published: 23 February 2026

  4. FOI2025/00987; Meeting notes, memoranda and correspondence relating to UKRI meetings Gambling

    Request received: 05 November 2025

    Please can you supply me with copies of all meeting notes, memoranda and correspondence relating to UKRI meetings with the following organisations in 2025:

    Coalition to End Gambling Ads
    Gambling with Lives
    GamLearn
    NHS Northern Gambling Service

    Published: 20 February 2026

  5. FOI2025/00934: Correspondence between JG and Gambling Reform

    Request received: 16 October 2025

    Please can you supply copies of all notes, correspondence and memoranda relating to a meeting held in July 2025 between Jaideep Gupte and gambling reform campaigners and academics to discuss the UKRI's Research Programme on Gambling?

     

    Clarification request: 28 October 2025

     

    Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received 16 October in which you requested copies of notes, correspondence and memoranda relating to a meeting held in August 2025 between Jaideep Gupte, gambling reform campaigners and academics to discuss the UKRI's Research Programme on Gambling.

     

    We can confirm that no information is held regarding a meeting in August. However, we do hold a record for a meeting that took place in July. Could you kindly confirm whether this is the meeting you are referring to in your request?

     

    Clarification received: 28 October 2025

     

    Yes - that is indeed the meeting I was referencing.

    Published: 20 February 2026

  6. FOI2025/01061: Innovate UK Similarity analysis process

    Request received: 26 November 2025

    We're aware that in a recent competition a similarity analysis was performed comparing the submission to previous applications.
     
    Under FOI please can you provide more details of the similarity analysis process:
     
    1. Details of the method used
    2. Whether the approach applies to all previous applications or only successful applications
    3. How resubmissions are treated
    4. Whether this similarity check will be used on all future grants competitions

    Published: 20 February 2026

  7. FOI2025/00715: Alan Turing allocations

    Request received: 11 August 2025

    Your request:

    Please could I obtain any information EPSRC has regarding the Alan Turing Institute's funding allocations, Turing 2.0 Strategy, 'defence, and national security', and 'environment and health' since 1 March 2025 until 11 August 2025.

    Clarification received 15 August 2025:

    “any information” - can you please specify which information your request refers to as this is a broad term? - Discussions had within Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) between senior figures e.g. Peter Kyle and Doug Gurr, related to the future funding of the Alan Turing Institute

    "information [EPSRC] has regarding the Alan Turing Institute’s funding allocations" Are you referring to the actual allocation made since March 1st, or any discussion regarding potential future allocation regarding Turing since March 1st? - potential future allocation

    Are you seeking "'defence, and national security', and 'environment and health'" relating to Turing 2.0, or after the funding info for those two areas? - Funding information for these two areas Clarification received 15 September 2025:

    Further clarification was sought in order to bring the request under the threshold of 18 hours of resource, which would otherwise engage section 12 of the FOIA, where the cost of compliance exceeds the appropriate limit. Several searches were conducted and the results were provided to enable you to advise on the results that should be considered for your request, which you confirmed as follows:

    Please can I go for combinations 6, 11 and 13 as outlined below:

    • Search 06. "future allocation" AND "Turing Institute" AND “dsit.gov.uk” - 48 results

    • Search 11. "Turing 2.0" AND "strategy AND "dsit.gov.uk" - 72 results

    • Search 13. "funding allocation" AND "Turing Institute AND "dsit.gov.uk" - 31 results

    Published: 13 February 2026

  8. EIR2026/00034: Timeline of volcanic activity of Fuego volcano, Guatemala 2015-2024

    Request Received: 19 January 2026

    I'm interested to recent/current volcanic activity at (somehow) global scale with remote sensing technique (thermal data) and currently I work with volcanology investigating open-vent basaltic volcanism. In this view, I'm really interested to the comprehensive dataset compiled about the latest decadal activity occured at Fuego volcano. As a consequence, I request the chance to investigate and read the dataset below.

    https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/3c6345c5-98fb-bfbb-e063-3050940a3306

    Item ID 189479

    Title Timeline of volcanic activity of Fuego volcano, Guatemala 2015-2024

    Description Database of volcanic activity at Fuego volcano, Guatemala from 2015 to 2024.

    Published: 12 February 2026

  9. FOI2025/00701: UKRI Compliance with Equality Act 2010

    Request received: 03 August 2025

    Information relating to your statutory obligations, use of public funds, internal governance, and third-party influence, particularly in light of UKRI's role as a major public funding body across research, innovation, and education (Equality Act 2010).

    Internal review request received: 08 October 2025

    Published: 11 February 2026

  10. FOI2026/00062: Engineering Services Outsourcing contract for STFC

    Request received: 27 January 2026

    Engineering Services Outsourcing contract for the Science and Technology Facilities Council:

     

    https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/88d0038c-4e1e-42f2-9b66-a6ae3cd5a257

     

    The details we require are:

     

    ·        What are the contractual performance KPI's for this contract?

     

    ·        Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages

     

    ·        Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date

     

    ·        Start date & duration of framework/contract?

     

    ·        Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?

     

    ·        Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension?

     

    ·        Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?

     

    ·        Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

    Published: 10 February 2026