FOI2024/00106: CASE funding in collaboration with BAE systems plc.
Case reference FOI2024/00106
Published 3 June 2024
Request
Request Received: 12 February 2024
The EPSR funds "Cooperative Awards in Science and Technology" (CASE) studentships for UK-based STEM doctoral students working on projects alongside businesses.
I would like to request the following information pertaining to collaborations between the EPSRC and BAE systems plc:
* Records of monetary transactions between the EPSRC and BAE systems or between the EPSRC and the University bodies in the UK for CASE studentships, including the names of the Universities, departments and, if possible, research groups involved, dated appropriately.
* Records of funding from the EPSRC for any other research projects in collaboration with BAE systems, again including the names of the institutions involved and dated appropriately.
* Records of the research output resulting from said studentships and projects.
I would like you to provide this information in either pdf or excel spreadsheet format to this email address.
Follow up Correspondence: 27 February 2024
Thank you for your email and the information provided. Although it was perhaps not as clear as it could have been, my request for "records of monetary transactions" (which you have approximated as records of research grants, which is fine) was intended to include records of the actual value of those transactions. I can see in the spreadsheet where a research grant was given for a project in collaboration with BAE systems but nowhere can I find the actual cash value of these grants. Am I missing something? If not, would it be possible to obtain this information asap?
Response
Revised Response Sent: 14 March 2024
Full details of this response are provided in the attached documents.
Documents
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