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: 9 September 2022
Three years ago, I conducted an analysis of ESRC peer-reviews. This illustrated some significant issues in consistency and reliability (https://ideas.repec.org/p/qss/dqsswp/1905.html).
Could the ESRC please provide me with the following:
1. Details of any further research the ESRC have conducted or commissioned into the consistency or reliability of their peer-review process.
2. Whether they have conducted any review into the use of "nominated reviewers", and any outcomes from this. If no such review has been conducted, please could this be stated.
3. Whether the ESRC or UKRI has made any changes since 2019 of how it quality assures its peer-reviews and grant allocation processes.
Published: 18 October 2022
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Request Received: 23 September 2022
Dear Sir or Madam
This is an Environmental Information Regulations request.
I am writing to request information about meetings and correspondence between the BGS and representatives of the fracking industry.
Please state how many meetings have taken place between the following members of the British Geological Survey
Brian Baptie
David Kerridge
Jennifer Jamieson Ball
Jennifer Forster
and representatives, including third party representatives, of the following companies:
Cuadrilla
Ineos
Igas
Egdon Resources
United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG)
In the period 01 April 2022 up to and including 16 September 2022.
For each meeting, please state:
a. The location of the meeting
b. The names and/or job titles of those present
c. The purpose of the meeting
2. Please also provide copies of any documents related to these meetings. This should include but not be limited to:
a. Agendas
b. Minutes
c. Briefing documents
d. Other meeting memoranda
3. Please also provide copies of communications generated in 2022 between the aforementioned members of BGS senior management board (Brian Baptie, David Kerridge, Jennifer Jamieson Ball Jennifer Forster) and representatives including third party representatives of the aforementioned fracking companies (Cuadrilla, Ineos, Igas, Egdon Resources, United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG)
This should include, but not necessarily be limited to:
a. Emails
b. Text messages
c. Messages sent on frequently used digital platforms such as What's App or Microsoft Teams
Published: 18 October 2022
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Request Received: 4 October 2022
For Innovate UK's Smart Grants: April 2022 competition (both the <18 month [<£500k] and >18 month streams), please could you release the following information:
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: 17 October 2022
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Request Received: 10 October 2022
Can you please provide the records that show the different types of geoengineering and weather modification techniques that have been or are being carried out either via a trial or otherwise in the UK? In the US the NOAA have a searchable database of similar records. Is there a similar database over here to which members of the public can access these records?
https://library.noaa.gov/Collections/Digital-Collections/Weather-Modification-Project-Reports
Can you also provide records of the legislation that regulates these activities?
Published: 17 October 2022
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Request Received: 13 September 2022
Concerning the 14th UK-China Space Council 2019: https://www.ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/14th-UK-China-Conference.aspx
Please can you send me the following information:
a) a list of delegates, split into UK , China, and other Overseas;
b) Summaries of conversations with delegates from China, in the form of internal emails, notes or memoranda, showing matters discussed and any commentary or evaluation.
c) Summaries of outcomes planned or carried out, as a result of ,or following, this conference.
As ever, personal names (but not institutions) and commercial information such as financial details of commercial contracts may be blanked out in the disclosure, if this is exempt under FOIA legislation.
Published: 13 October 2022
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Request Received: 28 July 2022
I'm writing to ask whether closing audit reports can be made available for EPSRC grants. If that is the case, I would like to request the audit reports (in electronic format) of the following grants:
• EP/L00058X/1
• EP/H008373/1
• EP/K034413/1
• EP/K011715/1
I am looking for (if any) documents produced at the end of the grant, which accounts for actual spending incurred for the duration of the grant.
Published: 12 October 2022
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Request Received: 9 June 2022
For Biomedical Catalyst Round 1 and 2 in 2021, could you please provide info re:
* Total number of applications
* Total number of winning applications
* Threshold for funding
* Total complaints about proposal assessment by companies
* Total complaints about proposal assessment by companies that were upheld
Published: 6 October 2022
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Request received: 7 June 2022
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information: For clarification, the scheme I refer to, opened for applications on the 25th April 2022 and closed for applications on the 1st June 2022.
1. How many applications did you receive for funding for the MyWorld collaborative research and development scheme?
2. Please provide a list of the lead companies/organisations that applied for funding and how much they applied for?
3. Please also provide a list of all industry organisations that were included in applications.
If you cannot provide all of the above within the scope mentioned above, please provide what available information you have and an explanation for why you cannot provide the data broken down into that field. Clarification received on 13 June 2022
Regarding what is meant by "a list of all industry organisations that were included in applications": Could you detail all companies and organisations that applied which includes universities, private companies and others. I will happily work out how to categorise them if you can provide the list.
Published: 6 October 2022
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Request received: 28 June 2022
Please could you provide the following information in regards to the recent Smart Grants: January 2022 which
closed on Wednesday 13th April 2022:
- the total number of applications
- the number of assessed applications (not disregarded due to being deemed out of scope etc)
- the number of applications funded
- the number of applications funded per 'innovation area'
- the average funding amount per project
- the smallest and largest amount of funding per project
- the average score of all applications
- the average score of successful applications
- the success threshold
- decision-making process based on portfolio (ie, why higher scoring projects might not get funded and lower
scoring project get funded).
Published: 6 October 2022
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Request Received: 9 September 2022
Dear UK Research and Innovation,
I would like to make a request for the following information relating to the authority's current Multi-Functional Devices and printing/scanning services contract(s)
1. What services are included in the contract(s)? (e.g. printing vs scanning etc)
2. Which supplier is delivering them? (If in-house, please confirm or if multiple provider please identify them)
3. How many contracts does this entail and what's the award value for each?
4. When do these contracts expire and do they have any extensions?
5. What is the annual volumetric data (split by Annual Mono and Annual Colour print)?
6. What is the total number of devices supplied?
7. What Managed Print Service software solution do you use?
8. How many Mono MFDs and Colour MFDs do you have?
9. What document management solution do you use?
10. What High Volume printing devices do you use?
11. Were any framework agreements used to procure the goods/services? If so, which ones?
12. Any documentation you can provide me with, e.g. the order form
13. What department is managing the contract and who's the decision-maker?
14. How many Adobe Acrobat (standard, professional and reader) licenses do you have?
15. What is the annual cost?
16. When is the renewal date?
17. Who is responsible for the contract?
18. Do you use any other PDF editing tools?
Published: 6 October 2022