FOI2024/00594: Expenditure report for EPSRC project EP/T030925/1
Case reference FOI2024/00594
Received 1 July 2024
Published 19 September 2024
Request
Request received: 1 July 2024
1.I understand that the Full Economic Cost and Research Council Contribution columns refer to the money that was awarded (i.e. planned expenditure). The Full Economic Cost Expenditure and Research Council Contribution Expenditure columns refer to the money that was actually spent by the end of the project. The Paid To Date column refers to the amount of money that the EPSRC has currently paid towards the project, and therefore the Balance column is the difference between the incurred cost ( Research Council Contribution Expenditure) and the amount actually paid (Paid To Date). Is that correct?
2.Based on the above assumption, I see that there was £80k FEC budgeted for equipment, but only £50k FEC spent. However, in the detailed expenditure report it shows that £29,994 + £27,605.10 +£21,654.30 + £720 = £79,973.40 was spent on equipment. Have I missed something?
3.I see that there was an exception cost of £29,973.40, but the details are not provided - what was this for?
4.There was £10,772.60 budgeted for travel and subsistence costs, but only £1,645.56 spent - Where is the rest allocated?
5.In the proposal, the "Other costs" category was broken down into £24,000 for consultancy, £40,000 for consumables and £1,500 for a computer. Please can I ask for a similar detailed summary in the expenditure? In particular, I'd like to know what the consultancy costs were allocated to.
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Please confirm whether two or three different researchers were employed on the project (I am not requesting any identifying details such as names, so this shouldn't be against GDPR guidelines; I only want to know the total number of different researchers employed).
Response
Response Sent: 24 July 2024
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