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
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Request Received: 16 May 2023
1. Do you hold any potential pandemic pathogens (PPPs) in any of your labs? If yes, what are they and in which labs?
2. Are you working with any infectious agents under a Specified Animal Pathogens Order (SAPO)? If yes, what are they, and in which labs?
3. If applicable, what biosecurity level is used during work with PPPs and SAPO infectious agents?
4. Are you currently carrying out any gain of function work, or experiments to enhance the infectiousness of transmissibility of PPPs or SAPO infectious agents? If so, in which labs?
5. Have you had any incidents of biosecurity lapses, leaks or safety breaches in the past five years? If so, can you list these?
Published: 24 July 2023
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Request Received: 22 June 2023
EOS / EOL Networking Equipment
1a. What EOS (end of support) or EOL (end of life) networking equipment do you have in your IT estate?
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Network Lifecycle
2a. Have you conducted a network refresh in the past 36 months?
2b. If so with which area? (eg Data Centre, Enterprise Networking, Wi-Fi, Security, Collaboration)
2c. Which vendor/technology solution was chosen?
2d. Which reseller/partner delivered the solution?
2e. Who maintains the solution?
2f. When does the maintenance contract expire/renewal date?
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Have you conducted a POC (proof of concept) in the last 12 months for any of the below technology areas?
3a. Data centre (yes/no)
3b. Enterprise networking (yes/no)
3c. Wi-Fi (yes/no)
3d. Security (yes/no)
3e. Collaboration/Microsoft Telephony (calling plan/operator connect/direct routing (yes/no)
3f. Network monitoring (yes/no)
3g. Which vendor and what equipment was tested?
3h. Which partner/reseller provided the POC?
3i. Was the POC successful?
3j. Do you intend to use the solution in a live environment?
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Do you plan to refresh your network in the next 24 months for any of the below technology areas:-
3a. Data centre (yes/no)
3b. Enterprise networking (yes/no)
3c. Wi-Fi (yes/no)
3d. Security (yes/no)
3e. Collaboration/Microsoft Telephony (yes/no)
3f. Network monitoring (yes/no)
3g. When do you plan to have the new solution implemented? (Specify date)
3h. Have you/do you intend to go to RFx for this?
3i. When do you plan to go to RFx for this?
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Do you have a Cisco estate for any of the below architecture, and what technology/equipment has been implemented?:-
4a. Data centre
4b. Enterprise networking
4c. Wi-Fi
4d. Security
4e. Collaboration
4f. Network monitoring
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Cisco Support
5a How are you currently supporting your Cisco estate?
5b. Which company sells/provides you with support?
5c. If you outsource support, for which aspects?
5d. How do you keep your equipment/software up to date?
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Cisco Partner/Reseller
6a. Who is the supplier/reseller for Cisco hardware/software?
6b. Do you have a preferred supplier agreement for Cisco hardware/software?
6c. When do these supplier agreements expire?
6d. How long has the current supplier relationship existed?
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Cisco Enterprise Agreement (EA)
7a. Do you have a Cisco (EA)?
7b. When is your (EA) contract expiry/renewal date?
7c. Who provides/resells your Cisco (EA)?
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Do you have an HP/Aruba estate for any of the below architectures, and what technology/equipment has been implemented?:-
8a. Data centre
8b. Enterprise networking
8c. Wi-Fi
8d. Security
8e. Collaboration
8f. Network monitoring
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HP/Aruba Support
9a How are you currently supporting your HP/Aruba estate?
9b. Which company sells/provides you with support?
9c. If you outsource support, for which aspects?
9d. How do you keep your equipment/software up to date?
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HP/Aruba Partner/Reseller
10a. Who is the supplier/reseller for HP/Aruba hardware/software?
10b. Do you have a preferred supplier agreement for HP/Aruba hardware/software?
10c. When do these supplier agreements expire?
10d. How long has the current supplier relationship existed?
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HP/Aruba Enterprise Agreement (EA)
11a. Do you have an HP/Aruba (EA)?
11b. When is your (EA) contract expiry/renewal date?
11c. Who provides/resells your HP/Aruba (EA)?
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Telephony
12a. Do you have ISDN Lines?- Supplier, quantity (lines), contractual position
12b. Do you have PSTN Lines? - Supplier, quantity (lines), contractual position.
12c. Do you have SIP Channels? - Supplier, quantity (channels), contractual position.
12d. Have you started/completed projects to prepare for the PSTN switch-off?
12e. Which technology partner assisted in your PSTN switch-off readiness project?
12f. Would you describe your organisation as entirely ready for the PSTN switch-off?
12g. PBX (phone system) Make & Model (eg Avaya, Cisco, Mitel), contractual position
12h. Who maintains your PBX (phone system)
12i. How long has the relationship with the maintainer been in place?
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Microsoft Telephony
13a. Which Microsoft O365 do you use eg E3,E5?
13b. Do you use a shared O365 tenant?
13c. Do you procure O365 licences through Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) or Cloud Service Provider (CSP).
13d. Who resells your OO365 licences.
13e. When is your licencing renewal date/anniversary for these services?
13f. Do you have Microsoft Calling Plans, if so how many licences (users)
13g. Do you have other forms of Microsoft Telephony such as Direct routing/Operator connect? How many licences (users).
13h. Who supplies this service?
13i. When is your licencing renewal date/anniversary for these services?
13j. Are you considering or interested in Microsoft Telephony (eg Calling Plans, Direct Routing, Operator connect)?
Published: 20 July 2023
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Request Received: 23 June 2023
For Innovate UK's - Biomedical Catalyst 2022 Round 1: Industry-led R&D competition - Biomedical Catalyst 2022 Round 2: Industry-led R&D competition - Biomedical Catalyst 2023 Round 1: Industry-led R&D competition please could you release the following information:
- The number of applicants that applied with projects with over £500k grant requests for each round
- The number of applicants that were invited to interview for each round
- The number of applicants that were awarded funding post-interview for each round
- The minimum score of the applicants that were invited to interview for each round
- The maximum score of the applicants that were invited to interview for each round
- The count of applicants that were invited to interview by innovation area.
Additionally, please could you release the Biomedical Catalysts scoring criteria for the written assessment and the criteria that Innovate UK takes for inviting to interview for the BMC.
Published: 20 July 2023
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Request Received: 22 June 2023
Please could you provide me with the number of entries and the success ratios for the following:
- Faraday Battery Challenge Round 5
- Automotive Transformation Fund Scale-up Readiness Validation 2 result
Published: 20 July 2023
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Request Received: 19 May 2023
Can I request information regarding your funding of Geo engineering?
Can I request information on the funding you have given to institutions in the UK regarding Geo engineering?
Can I request information on the suppliers of the material used in Geo engineering?
Can I have a question information on the planes and the companies used to spray the product on the people of the UK?
Can I request a list of companies delivering and supplying the Geoengineering programs in the UK?
All information on Government funding regarding Geoengineering and solar management, including and not excluding funding given to corporations involved in the manufacturing and distribution of the solar management programs.
Published: 18 July 2023
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Request Received: 31 May 2023
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would request you to respond to [IT] questions included in the attachment.
Published: 18 July 2023
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Request Received: 20 June 2023
For the use of agencies, please can you confirm if the UK Research and Innovation works under, Non-Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff CCS Framework RM6160 and the new CCS Non-Clinical Staffing Framework Agreement RM6277.
Please can you confirm the list of agencies that have supplied to the company under the framework through the dates of January 2022 - December 2022.
For the same 12-month period, please can you provide the list of agencies that have supplied to you staff outside of the framework CCS Framework RM6160 .
Please outline your spending per agency, broken down by grade and speciality of roles or lots department for the above time period.
Lot 1 - administration and secretarial roles
Lot 2 - finance, accounts and audit roles
Lot 3 - IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialists
Please can you confirm on what occasions you would look to go outside of the framework for roles as below;
Lot 1 - administration and secretarial roles
Lot 2 - finance, accounts and audit roles
Lot 3 - IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialists
Please can you confirm the highest agency hourly charge rate and their speciality staffing, for;
Lot 1 - administration and secretarial roles
Lot 2 - finance, accounts and audit roles
Lot 3 - IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialists
What contractual relationships are in place for supplying Temporary and Fixed Term Staff CCS Framework RM6160 and the new CCS Staffing Framework Agreement RM6277.
Lot 1 - administration and secretarial roles
Lot 2 - finance, accounts and audit roles
Lot 3 - IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialists
And who is responsible for managing them? Please can you please provide me with the name, contact number & email address of the person responsible for agreeing on staffing contracts for your organisation
Please can you provide details of the names of the decision-makers who ultimately decide which agencies your organisation uses for non-clinical staff for CCS Staffing Framework Agreement RM6277 and the previous Temporary and Fixed Term Staff CCS Framework RM6160.
Published: 17 July 2023
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Request Received: 4 July 2023
For the use of agencies, please can you confirm if Innovate UK works under, Non-Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff CCS Framework RM6160 and the new CCS Non-Clinical Staffing Framework Agreement RM6277.
Please can you confirm the list of agencies that have supplied to the company under the framework through the dates of January 2022 - December 2022.
For the same 12-month period, please can you provide the list of agencies that have supplied to you staff outside of the framework CCS Framework RM6160 .
Please outline your spending per agency, broken down by grade and speciality of roles or lots department for the above time period.
Lot 1 - administration and secretarial roles
Lot 2 - finance, accounts and audit roles
Lot 3 - IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialists
Please can you confirm on what occasions you would look to go outside of the framework for roles as below;
Lot 1 - administration and secretarial roles
Lot 2 - finance, accounts and audit roles
Lot 3 - IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialists
Please can you confirm the highest agency hourly charge rate and their speciality staffing, for;
Lot 1 - administration and secretarial roles
Lot 2 - finance, accounts and audit roles
Lot 3 - IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialists
What contractual relationships are in place for supplying Temporary and Fixed Term Staff CCS Framework RM6160 and the new CCS Staffing Framework Agreement RM6277.
Lot 1 - administration and secretarial roles
Lot 2 - finance, accounts and audit roles
Lot 3 - IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialists
And who is responsible for managing them? Please can you please provide me with the name, contact number & email address of the person responsible for agreeing on staffing contracts for your organisation
Please can you provide details of the names of the decision-makers who ultimately decide which agencies your organisation uses for non-clinical staff for CCS Staffing Framework Agreement RM6277 and the previous Temporary and Fixed Term Staff CCS Framework RM6160.
Published: 17 July 2023
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Request Received: 2 May 2023
The MRC has supported ME/CFS research through a cross-board highlight notice since 2003. UKRI provides on its website data about funded research projects from 2004-2017: https://www.ukri.org/publications/mrc-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-research-projects-2004-to-2017/
I am kindly requesting that you provide:
(i) updated data on funded projects in this area covering the period 2004-present (May 2023), preferably by sharing an updated version of the XLSX spreadsheet linked above.
(ii) information on unfunded/rejected proposals in this area for the same period (2004-present), to include statistics on the number of rejected proposals each year, and any available information on individual rejected proposals.
Data/information on funded and unfunded/rejected proposals should include all funding types-i.e., fellowships, grants, and other funding that doesn't fit into either category.
The MRC's ME/CFS highlight notice (https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/researching-me-cfs-highlight-notice/) was recently updated to include information on the ME/CFS Priority Setting Partnership (ME/CFS PSP) themes. Therefore, I am also requesting [(iii)] any information and documents pertinent to this update-such as external correspondence with PSP stakeholders and internal documents/correspondence relating to the ME/CFS PSP and MRC's strategy and outlook on ME/CFS funding-since the priority themes were published online in May 2022.
Clarification Received: 1 June 2023
I would like you to proceed with the first part of my request-i.e., parts (i) and (ii)-as this information should be relatively easy and quick to extract and summarize. A suitable spreadsheet already exists for (i) and simply needs updating. For (ii), a spreadsheet, in the manner of (i), of unfunded/rejected proposals will suffice, and the addition documents for (ii) can be limited to proposal/project summaries.
With regards to the second part of my request, a key word search for "highlight notice" will return results that aren't within scope, because there are other MRC highlight notices (such as for motor neuron disease). Therefore, I would like MRC to conduct a keyword search for "ME/CFS highlight notice" and to reevaluate the amount of information returned.
If the information returned still exceeds the statutory limits, I am happy to restrict the scope of this request to meeting minutes and documents where the MRC's strategy on ME/CFS and/or the ME/CFS highlight notice is discussed (from May 2022 to present).
Published: 14 July 2023
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Request Received: 9 June 2023
Full copies of application forms along with any supporting information submitted by Mrs Wordsmith Limited (company number 09483252) for any grants given out by Innovate UK.
Published: 14 July 2023