FOI2025/00311: Scores and Success for NERC Independent Research Fellowship
Case reference FOI2025/00311
Received 18 March 2025
Published 28 March 2025
Request
Request Received: 18 March 2025
1) the score-breakdowns for all scored proposals submitted to the most recently completed round of the NERC Independent Research Fellowship scheme.
2) If the scores are weighted in the decision-making process, I would also like the weights to be supplied.
3) For each set of scores I would like an indicator as to whether the project was successfully funded or not.
For the purposes of data protection, the titles and contents of the projects, the applicants and the feedback and reviews by panel and experts should not be included - just the numerical scores and a binary indicator of success. Clearly many proposals do not make it to the stage where they are scored, so I am not interested in data on these.
Response
Response Sent: 28 March 2025
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) holds information relevant to your request. Please see the information below.
Under Section 21 of the FOIA, Information already reasonably accessible, the following information you have requested is already available in the public domain:
This document includes details of all scored proposals submitted to the completed IRF 2023 call, as well as which applications were successful or unsuccessful. The IRF 2024 call is still open to applicants until 3 April 2025, with the interviews expected to be held in September 2025.
Section 21 is an absolute exemption which means that there is no requirement to conduct a public interest test.
We can also confirm that there is no weighted scoring to the IRF calls.
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