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

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  1. FOI2024/00591: Innovate UK Smart grants: January 2024 - Application details

    Request received: 1 July 2024

    The information I would like to request is as follows:

    1. The total number of applications submitted and the number of those that were assessed (i.e. deemed eligible for funding);

    2. The overall number of applications awarded funding and a breakdown of how many of these were first-time applications and how many were resubmissions;

    3. The total number of applications within each innovation area and the number of those that were successful in each area;

    4. The average grant request and project size of the applications successfully awarded funding;

    5. The funding thresholds and average scores of successful applications;

    6. The percentages of successful applications that were Industrial Research and Experimental Development;

    7. The number of successful Industrial Research and Experimental Development projects that were (i) single applicant/partner, (ii) 2 partners, (iii) 3+ partner;

    8. The total funding allocated in this competition round.

    9. How many projects awarded went to project set up.

    Published: 19 September 2024

  2. FOI2024/00594: Expenditure report for EPSRC project EP/T030925/1

    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.

    6.(Redacted)

    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).

    Published: 19 September 2024

  3. FOI2024/00136: Funding for ARI Database

    Request received: 21 February 2024

    Under the Freedom of Information Action, I would like to request the following information regarding the funding of the ARI Database (see https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-one-stop-shop-to-find-the-topics-government-is-interested-in-researching)

    I note this is funded jointly by the Government Office for Science (GoS) and ESRC, hence this is being sent to both bodies.

    1) Total costs associated with the initial development and launch of the database.

    2) Committed costs for on-going maintenance and development

    3) Reports / evaluations provided since launch to the funders on the performance of the database

    Note: I cannot find any details of the funding for this project using the UKRI grant funding search tool.

    Published: 16 September 2024

  4. FOI2024/00361: Communication Spending

    Request Received: 26 April 2024

    Final Clarification Received: 4 July 2024

    Please can communication spending be provided for:

    1. UKRI across time (from 2018 onwards if possible)

    2. ESRC across time (from 2010 onwards if possible)

    3. MRC* across time (from 2010 onwards if possible)

    Total and split by staff/non staff time if possible.

    To facilitate an analysis of how these costs have changed across time, please total costs for such roles (no individual salaries are required) be provided separately by calendar year (from 2010 or shortly thereafter).

    UKRI have previously given detail for UKRI spending for 2023 here https://ukri.disclosurelog.co.uk/case/85b06054-43e1-4e30-ad47-6bc257a9703e.

    * Communication spend data for MRC to be provided for MRC Head Office and if possible, for the UK Dementia Research Institute, the Francis Crick Institute and Health Data Research UK (HDRUK) separately.

    Published: 16 September 2024

  5. FOI2024/00592: Follow up to FOI2024/00136 - ARI Database

    Request Received: 1 July 2024

    Clarification Received: 19 July 2024

    Thank you for your previous response relating to the above case [FOI2024/00136] and the information provided.

    I have additional requests under Freedom of Information in relation to the costs of the ARI Database (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-one-stop-shop-to-find-the-topics-government-is-interested-in-researching)

    1) Could you please confirm details of the Principal Investigator for this award and the organisation the money was awarded to?

    2) A copy of the application submitted for the funding

    3) Documents or emails held by UKRI regarding the application and decision.

    4) Re reporting, you said - "the project is monitored on an ongoing basis through regular strategic partnership meetings" - can you please confirm which specific meeting / fora this is, who the attendees are, and the dates it has met in 2024?

    Published: 16 September 2024

  6. FOI2024/00700: Smart January 24 and Loans round 15 success results breakdown

    Request Received: 9 August 2024

    Please could you provide funding outcome results details regarding the calls for:

    - Innovate UK Smart Grant: January 2024 (deadline 24th April)

    - Innovate UK Loans Round 15

    Data requested to consider for both funding calls:

    1. The number of applications.

    2. The number of assessed applications.

    3. The number of successful applications.

    4. The success rate.

    5. The minimum successful score.

    6. The maximum successful score.

    7. Maximum score of failed applications.

    8. Average grant fund value per project.

    9. Average score of funded projects.

    10. The score distributions of the applications (e.g. % (or number) of applications which scored <70, 70.1-75, 75.1-80, 80.1-85, 85.1-90, 90.1-95, 95.1-100).

    11. The count of assessed applications by innovation area.

    12. The count of successful projects by innovation area for each strand.

    13. The count of assessed applications by research category (feasibility studies, industrial research, experimental development).

    14. The count of successful projects by research category.

    15. The number of unsuccessful applications, if any, which scored above the minimum funded score.

    Published: 12 September 2024

  7. FOI2024/00203: UKRI Wednesday Webinars

    Request Received: 8 March 2024

    Please can I request copies of the question and summary documents from the UKRI Wednesday webinars that have taken place so far in 2024.

    Published: 10 September 2024

  8. FOI2024/00358: UKRI Electricity and Gas spend for 2023-2024

    Request Received: 26 April 2024

    We formally request under the FOI 2000 regulations Act and EIR 2004 regulations Act data you hold, and which is already or will be in the public domain.

    We thank you for last year's response and inclusion within our report and now look forward to seeing your inclusion again within our new report. For the period 1-April-23 to 31-March 2024, we please require disclosure of:

    * The grid Electricity kwh's consumed & the £-value spent (excl-vat).

    * The natural Gas kwh's consumed & the £-value spent (excl-vat).

    Published: 6 September 2024

  9. FOI2024/00346: Innovate UK Investor Partnerships: SME rounds 1-6

    Request Received: 25/04/2024

    I am trying to better understand the funding process, and portfolio approach of Innovate UK.

    For the following competitions

    Innovate UK Investor Partnerships: SME round 1

    Innovate UK Investor Partnerships: SME round 2

    Innovate UK Investor Partnerships: SME round 3

    Innovate UK Investor Partnerships: SME round 4

    Innovate UK Investor Partnerships: SME round 5

    Innovate UK Investor Partnerships: SME round 6

    Could you kindly provide, Application Data:

    1.Total number of applications.

    2.Total number of applications ineligible for assessment.

    3.Total number of successful applications.

    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 success rate.

    7.The score of the lowest scoring funded project.

    8.The score of the highest scoring funded project.

    9.The score of the highest non-funded project.

    10.The average (mean) score of funded projects.

    11.Average grant fund value of funded projects.

    12.The score distributions of the applications (eg. % (or number) of applications which scored <70, 70.1-75, 75.1-80, 80.1-85, 85.1-90, 90.1-95, 95.1-100).

    13.The number of assessed applications by research category.

    14.The number of successful projects by research category.

    15.The number of assessed applications by innovation area.

    16.The number of successful projects by innovation area.

    17.The number of unsuccessful applicants, if any, which scored above the minimum funded score.

    Published: 6 September 2024

  10. FOI2024/00351: Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D Rounds 1 & 2

    Request Received: 25 April 2024

    I am trying to better understand the funding process, and portfolio approach of Innovate UK. For the following competitions

    Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D Round 1 Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D Round 2

    Could you kindly provide: Application Data:

    1.Total number of applications.

    2.Total number of applications ineligible for assessment.

    3.Total number of successful applications.

    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 success rate.

    7.The score of the lowest scoring funded project.

    8.The score of the highest scoring funded project.

    9.The score of the highest non-funded project.

    10.The average (mean) score of funded projects.

    11.Average grant fund value of funded projects.

    12.The score distributions of the applications (eg. % (or number) of applications which scored <70, 70.1-75, 75.1-80, 80.1-85, 85.1-90, 90.1-95, 95.1-100.

    13.The number of assessed applications by NEBP theme (food systems; biomedicine; clean growth; environmental solutions)

    14.The number of successful projects by NEBP theme (food systems; biomedicine; clean growth; environmental solutions)

    15.The success rate across NEBP themes (food systems; biomedicine; clean growth; environmental solutions)

    16.The number of unsuccessful applicants, if any, which scored above the minimum funded score.

    Published: 6 September 2024