Freedom of information (FOI) releases from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

This is a disclosure log of UK Research and Innovation's responses to freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) requests that might be of wider public interest.

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1,058 disclosures

  1. Request Received: 1 September 2020

    I would like to request the following information held by UKRI (Innovate UK):

    1. What is the success rate of applications to the Biomedical Catalyst for each year since 2012/13?

    2. What is the success rate of applications scoring over 70% to the Biomedical Catalyst for each year since 2012/13?

    3. What is the total value of applications that scored over 70% but that were not funded in each of the following years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20?

    4. What is the total value of early and late stage competitions applications that scored over 70% but that were not funded in each of the following years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20?

    5. What is the individual success rate for feasibility, primer, early stage and late stage competitions for the period 2012/13 to 2019/20?

    Published: 18 June 2021

  2. Request Received: 20 September 2020

    Could you please provide me with the pass mark threshold(if available), and number of applications(Categorised by innovation area) submitted for the following competition:

    Energy Catalyst Round 8:Clean energy access - industrial research(and possibly other first and last stage), application deadline: 16th September 2020

    Published: 18 June 2021

  3. Request Received: 20 September 2020

    1. How many PhD funding places (from all the UKRI bodies) were awarded to students of a Black African/Caribbean or Mixed Black African/Caribbean heritage between September 2019 - September 2020

    2. Can I get a break down of how many students of Black African/Caribbean or Mixed Black African/Caribbean heritage were awarded PhD funding via each of the research councils (for example, "there were two awarded in 2018 via the ESRC") beginning September 2016, September 2017, September 2018 and September 2019.

    Published: 18 June 2021

  4. Request Received: 19 August 2020.

    Could you please provide the following data for the last 2 rounds of the Smart Grants (Innovate UK Smart Grants: October 2019 and Innovate UK Smart Grants: January 2020).

    1. Number of applications started

    2. Number of actual submissions

    3. Number of Grants awarded

    4. Average Project Cost

    5. Average Grant value

    6. % Success Rate

    7. Number of Projects funded for each research category

    8. Total IUK commitment of funds For number of applications started - I mean the number that were initiated in total, including those that did not go ahead and press submit. Probably better to call it 'Number of applications initiated".

    Actual submissions would then just be the full number of those that actually followed through and pressed submit.

    Published: 18 June 2021

  5. Request Received: 5 January 2021

    I am looking for some assistance with your organisation's Spend/Transparency data, available on the following weblink: https://www.ukri.org/about-us/policies-and-standards/transparency/

    There appears to be no file available for the month of October 2020. Could you advise when the file will be made available to view online?

    Would it be possible for you to email me a copy of the October 2020 file please and thank you?

    Published: 18 June 2021

  6. Request Received: 23 September 2020

    1. The name of each and every organisation which received a grant, or grants, from Innovate in each of the last five years with the country of Incorporation of that organisation and of any ultimate holding company.

    2. The amount of each grant in each case.

    Published: 18 June 2021

  7. Request Received: 5 January 2021

    What are the internal rules and guidance for InnovateUK concerning resubmissions by grant applicants for the Framework Programme and similar government funding programmes?

    Published: 18 June 2021

  8. Request Received: 2 October 2020

    I'm seeking permission to re-use REF data about Welsh Institutions under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.

    Jisc provides digital services and solutions to the HE, FE and Skills sectors in the UK.

    We're also a not-for-profit company registered in England and Wales (https://www.jisc.ac.uk/about/corporate/company-and-charitydetails).

    Jisc is currently working alongside HEFCW to produce a suite of dashboards for Welsh universities and colleges, the Welsh Insights Dashboards, which we intend to offer commercially.

    We would like to obtain and use the following UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) data that relates to REF outcomes and REF Impact outcomes for Welsh institutions (see below).

    Please can you confirm whether you are able to provide this data to us without charge and whether there are any restrictions preventing us from using it for commercial purposes.

    Population Restricted To:

    Welsh Institutions

    Total to be Provided:

    REF outcomes

    REF impact outcomes

    Field List:

    Year Institution Name

    We would also like to use the overall university score in REF,

    which is available in this table: https://results.ref.ac.uk/(S(0uihmul4b1sqxuqmqok54xh4))/

    Published: 18 June 2021

  9. Request Received: 12 August 2020

    For the following competition, please can you kindly provide:

    Innovate UK Smart Grants: January 2020 Split into the 2 strands where possible as defined in the eligibility criteria [Project durations between 6 and 18 months must have total eligible project costs between £25,000 and £500,000. They can be single or collaborative projects.

    Project durations between 19 months and 3 years must have total eligible project costs between £25,000 and £2 million. They must be collaborative projects.]

    Application Data:

    1. Total number of applications

    2. Total number of successful applications

    3. Total number of applications ineligible for assessment

    4. Total number of applications considered a resubmission of a previous application

    5. Total number of successful applications which were considered a resubmission of a previous application

    6. The score of the lowest scoring funded project

    7. The score of the highest scoring funded project

    8. The score of the highest non-funded project

    9. The average (mean) score of funded projects

    10. The raw scores for all applications

    Assessor Data:

    11. The average number of assessments for this round performed by each assessor

    12. The average number of assessments for this round performed by each assessor considering only winning bids

    13. The average experience of each assessor: including number of previous bids assessed within the IUK system; and months registered on IFS portal

    14. The average experience of each assessor for this round, considering only those whom were involved with a winning bid.

    Published: 18 June 2021

  10. Request Received: 30 September 2020

    Please supply a list of all the current UK registered Breweries and Distilleries.

    Published: 18 June 2021