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: 20 April 2022
I see you have issued a statement in which "Following some abusive tweets in 2018, UKRI and ResearchFish staff discussed sharing abusive, threatening or offensive tweets so that UKRI could suggest the senders reconsider their language". You have "identified six incidents of tweets being flagged to UKRI over four years".
Source: https://www.ukri.org/news/ukri-update-on-researchfish/
Please could you provide:
1. The emails/minutes/other data held in which "UKRI and ResearchFish staff discussed sharing abusive, threatening or offensive tweets so that UKRI could suggest the senders reconsider their language", which were from 2018
2. The emails sent from Researchfish to UKRI (or which UKRI were copied in) in these six identified incidents, along with any responses UKRI sent back to Researchfish
3. The emails UKRI sent to the host institution following receipt of these emailsPublished: 25 May 2022
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Request Received: 20 February 2022
1. How many Monitoring Officers does IUK currently engage?
2. What total grant funds do they supervise?
3. Do Monitoring Officers have to register (a.) their other business and financial interest, and (b.) any conflicts of business and financial interests?
4. Please publish both registers.
5. What is the job description and set of ethical responsibilities of Monitoring Officers? Please publish.
Published: 23 May 2022
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Request Received: 18 March 2022
1. Please provide all correspondence between Researchfish and UKRI from the last 5 years relating to Researchfish reporting on behaviour of researchers to UKRI based on their social media statements about Researchfish. Please include at least a search for Researchfish emails and the words 'Twitter' or 'social media' in correspondence to and from UKRI.
2. Please provide any documents or databases that UKRI maintain on the public criticism of Researchfish by researchers on social media, and if they exist, policies regarding their maintenance and use.
Additional clarification received on 12 April 2022:
Thank you for your response. I would like to narrow the search parameters as you advise to several narrow searches which I hope produce a subset of the results I was intending to receive with my earlier request.
All emails to or from senders using the domain "researchfish.com" featuring any (not all) of the following keywords, since the start of 2019.
1: "oldnorthroad"
2: "Greger_Larson"
3: "WillBowden1"
4: "CathNoakes"
5: "DrLeonBlack"
6: "bedcatalysis"Published: 18 May 2022
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Request Received: 21 March 2022
For the Innovate UK Smart Grants October 2021 competition, for both the <18 month (<£500k) and >18 month (up to £2 million) streams:
1. The number of applications
2. The number of successful applications
3. The success rate
4. The minimum successful score
5. The maximum successful score
6. Maximum score of failed applications
7. Average grant fund value per project
8. Total funds allocated
9. The score distributions of the applications (e.g. % and number of applications which scored 0 - 70, 70.1 - 75, 75.1 - 80, 80.1 - 85, 85.1 - 100)
10. The count of successful projects by innovation area for each strand.
Published: 17 May 2022
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Request Received: 21 March 2022
Can you kindly let me know the KPI metrics to be reported associated with your Grant Funding agreement with Digital Catapult please.
Published: 17 May 2022
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Request Received: 22 March 2022
RE: Innovate UK Smart Grants: October 2021 (Deadline 13 January 2022). (Applicants were notified of their outcomes on 18 March 2022).
I would be very grateful if you could please provide the below information on the above funding competition for both:
a) Stream 1 projects (6-18 months duration, eligible project costs between £25-£500k), and;
b) Stream 2 projects (19-36 months duration, total eligible project costs between £25K-£2M).
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.
Published: 17 May 2022
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Request Received: 18 March 2022
I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 relating to the Future Flight Phase 2 Strands 1 & 2.
For both Strands, please send me details about:
1. Total number of applications
2. Number of assessed applications (not disregarded due to being deemed out of scope etc)
3. Number of applications funded
4. Average score
5. Success threshold (lowest score funded)
6. Highest score
Published: 17 May 2022
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Request Received: 21 March 2022
How many Black Welsh students were awarded funding from 2000-2021?
How many BAME Welsh students were awarded funding from 2000-2021?
How many Black students were awarded funding 2000-2021 in Welsh institutions?
How many BAME Welsh students were awarded funding from 2000-2021 in Welsh institutions?
What % of your funding from 2000 in Wales has gone to BAME students?
What % of your funding has gone to White students?
Published: 9 May 2022
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Request Received: 1 March 2022
Clarification Received: 10 March 2022
I would like to request all the jobs descriptions that sit in the HR Management team [HR Senior Leadership Team].
The grade and salary band for the roles.
Published: 9 May 2022
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Request Received: 3 February 2022
All or some of the information provided previously has expired, I require an update on the questions below.
See my request below:
Contract 1 - Telephony/Voice Services (Analogue, ISDN VOIP, SIP etc.)
1. Telephony/Voice Services Provider- Please can you provide me with the name of the supplier for each contract.
2. Telephony/Voice Services - Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year are also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract, please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier, please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers
3. Telephony/Voice Services - Contract Duration- the number of years the contract is for each provider, please also include any contract extensions.
4. Telephony/Voice Services - Type of Lines - Please can you split the type of lines per each supplier? PSTN, Analogue, SIP, ISDN, VOIP
5. Telephony/Voice Services Number of Lines / Channels / SIP Trunks- Please can you split the number of lines per each supplier? SIP trunks/connections, PSTN, Analogue, ISDN
Contract 2 - Incoming and Outgoing of call services.
6. Minutes/Landline Provider- Supplier's name (NOT Mobiles) if there is no information available, please can you provide further insight into why?
7. Minutes/Landline Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year is also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract, please provide me with the rolling date of the contract.
8. Minutes Landline Monthly Spend- Monthly average spend on calls for each provider. An estimate or average is acceptable. If SIP services, please provide me with the cost of services per month.
9. Minute's Landlines Contract Duration- the number of years the contract is for each provider, please also include any contract extensions.
10. Number of Extensions- Please state the number of telephone extensions the organisation currently has. An estimate or average is acceptable.
Contract 3 - The organisation's broadband provider.
11. Broadband Provider- Supplier's name if there is not information available, please can you provide further insight into why?
12. Broadband Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year is also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract, please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier, please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers
13. Broadband Annual Average Spend- Annual average spend for each broadband provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.
Contract 4 - Contracts relating to Wide Area Network [WAN] services, this could also include HSCN network services.
14. WAN Provider- please provide me with the main supplier(s) if there is no information available, please can you provide further insight into why?
15. WAN Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year are also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract, please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier, please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers
16. Contract Description: Please can you provide me with a brief description for each contract
17. The number of sites: Please state the number of sites the WAN covers. Approx. will do.
18. WAN Annual Average Spend- Annual average spend for each WAN provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.
19. For each WAN contract can you please provide me with information on how this was procured, especially around those procurement that used frameworks, please provide me with the framework reference.
20. Internal Contact: please can you send me their full contact details including contact number and email and job title for all the contracts above.
Published: 3 May 2022