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FOI2025/00585: Funding Renewals

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Case reference FOI2025/00585

Received 19 June 2025

Published 29 September 2025

Request

Request Received: 19 June 2025

Clarification Received: 15 July 2025

1) How many emails notifying the withdrawal of funding for research project(s) and notifying that project funding will not be renewed has UK Research and Innovation's Science Technology and Facilities Council sent since the beginning of this academic year (September 2024)? Please can you specify these projects (I've seen at least one letter of the former)?

2) How many emails notifying the withdrawal of funding for research project(s) and that project funding will not be renewed has UK Research and Innovation's [other research councils] sent since the beginning of this academic year (September 2024)? Please can you specify these projects and their corresponding research councils?

3) How many notices that research project funding will not be renewed has UKRI received from U.S. federal funders? Please can you specify these projects?

Please ensure that any projects where an extension has been granted (for mitigating circumstances such as the COVID-19 pandemic) and then funding has been withdrawn are included the response.

Response

Response Sent: 11 August 2025

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