FOI2021/00494: Application Stages
Case reference FOI2021/00494
Published 26 January 2022
Request
Request Received: 12 November 2021
Clarification Received: 30 November 2021
On the 7th of December 2020, you sent me a response to the above request (FOI2020/00339 [IR2020/00384]). I am now requesting that the number of unsuccessful applications that you provided is broken down by the stage at which applications were rejected (initial sift, peer review, panel review, etc.), dating back to 2011 or whenever your records were digitised, in order to keep retrieval time below the spend threshold for FOI requests.
Additionally, I am also requesting that the total number of applications is broken down by funding mode (Early Career/Standard Grants, etc.) for the same period - either back to 2005, as per my original request, or if retrieval time for manual records would exceed the spend threshold for FOI requests, to whenever these records were digitised.
Clarification:
With regards to part 1 of my request, I would ideally like the data from 2005. However, I had recently made a request for this data (ref FOI2021/00358), and in your response was advised that since records were digitised in 2011, a manual check of the records from 2005-2011 would exceed the spending threshold under Section 12 of the FOIA. However, as this was only a test case from the AHRC and not from the rest of the funding councils, I thought it best to leave my timeframe more open, should other councils have digitised their records at earlier/later dates.
With regards to part 2 of my request, I was referring to the type of funding offered. I am specifically concerned with whether grants were made for Early Career Researchers vs Standard Grants, and whether funding was offered in accordance with a specific research 'theme' or programme. As per my request, I would like this data ideally back to 2005, but should this require manual retrieval and thus engaging Section 12, then to whenever records were digitised.
Response
Response Sent: 17 December 2021
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