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: 24 January 2020
I am writing to make a Freedom of Information Request for statistics to assess the BBSRC peer review process.
I would be grateful if you could provide the following information for the BBSRC Research Committee B and Committee C.
1. The total number of Responsive Mode grant applications assessed during the three sittings of the
committees in 2019. Please provide separate numbers for the two committees.2. The number of external peer reviews received by the committees for the grant applications in 2019. I am interested in finding the distribution of the number of reviews received for each grant application. For example, how many applications received 1 review, how many applications received 2 reviews, 3 reviews etc.
3. The number of Responsive Mode grant applications awarded by the committees in 2019 and the distribution of the number of reviews received, as in #2 above.
Published: 9 July 2021
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Request Received: 24 February 2020
1. Is a catering restaurant or café provided on the premises?
2. What are the addresses of the buildings in which the restaurants or cafés are located?
3. Who is the current catering incumbent of the catering contract?
4. What is the catering value? (Or is it nil subsidy?) Are the catering facilities shared with other departments?
5. When is the catering service contract due for re-tender?
6. How will it be re-tendered?
7. Is the contract part of a PFI?
8. Is it part of an FM contract? (and if so, what services are also included in the contract?) Who provides the other soft FM services?
9. Who will be the main person leading on the tender during the formal tender process?
10. When will the tender notice be issued?
11. Where will the tender notice be issued?
12. When is the tender due for release?
13. Is it on the CCS framework?
14. Who in the department is responsible for the management of the contract?
15. How many people are there on-site per day?
Published: 9 July 2021
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Request Received: 24 January 2020
1. The number of black students who were awarded a PhD for the last five academic years (2014 - 2019).
2. Can the above also be given to me as a percentage of total number of doctorates given out also
Clarification:
Clarification was sought regarding whether you wished to be supplied with information regarding students who were awarded a PhD or students who received funding for their PhD though UKRI. On 29 January 2020 you confirmed you were interested in information on students who were awarded a PhD.
Published: 9 July 2021
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Request Received: 16 March 2020
Could you let me know the success rate and minimum score for the last three Smart Grant competitions?
Published: 9 July 2021
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Request Received: 5 March 2020
1. How many applicants to the CHASE DTP, over the past ten years, had a disability?
2. How many of those applicants went on to receive funding?
3. Over the past ten years, how many applicants to CHASE who wished to undertake research on disability, were funded? Extracts relating to equality, diversity and inclusion from the below documents:
4. UKRI Training Grants Terms and Conditions
5. AHRC Training Grant Funding Guide.
Published: 9 July 2021
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Request Received: 21 January 2020
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below.
UKRI DDaT19134 Correspondents, FOI, EIR, PQ and Complaints case management The details we require are:
- Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages
- Actual contract values of each framework/contract (& any sub lots)
- Start date & duration of framework
- Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension?
- Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?
- Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?
Published: 9 July 2021
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Request Received: 14 January 2020
Please could you help me out by providing the below information, regarding Innovate UK's 'July 19' Smart Competition. (This competition had a deadline of 16/10/19. Applicants were notified of the outcomes of the competition on 10/01/20.)
Please could you provide the below information for both [A] Projects 18 months or less in duration, with total project cost of £500k or less; [B] Projects either over 18 months in duration and/or £500k project costs.
1. How many applications were submitted
2. How many applications were assessed by assessors (i.e. not deemed out of scope)
3. How many of the applications were resubmissions
4. Number of successful applications within each innovation area
5. The overall number funded
6. The average grant request of funded projects
7. The largest grant request of a funded project
8. The average score of successful applications
9. The lowest score of a successful application
10. The percentage of successful applications that were Industrial Research and the percentage that were Experimental Development.
In case this isn't a usual request, please notice that there is a difference between 'project costs' and 'grant'."
Published: 8 July 2021
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Request Received: 24 February 2020
The process under which the ALERT/PRIME system has been commercialised.
Published: 8 July 2021
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Request Received: 21 February 2020
Based on the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request access to Innovate UK's dataset containing information about all energy companies that received R&D grants until today.
On 21 February 2020 you were directed to Innovate UK's transparency information which holds data on all organisations that Innovate UK has funded since 2004.
In response, on the 21 February 2020 you requested the following further information:
The dataset you pointed out is helpful, however, my research requires higher level of information. If and where possible, I would like to request the following additional data for my research:
1. Expanded list of all R&D grant recipients with segmentation by:
a. Technology type: solar PV, carbon capture and storage etc.
b. Product type: hardware vs. software
2. List of all applicants for the Innovate UK energy R&D grants in the period 2004-2020 with rankings for each competition
3. Information about each applicant at application date, including:
a. Revenue
b. Total funding (public and private)
c. Patents
d. Firm age
4. Results of a possible survey/interviews conducted with the winners of the R&D grant post-treatment
On 07 March 2020 the following information was sent in response to your further request on 21 February 2020
I have now found out what data we do and do not hold in regards to your request. I can confirm that we do not hold:
Expanded list of R&D grant recipient with segmentation by:
o Technology type
o Product type
Information about each applicant at application date including:
o Revenue
o Total funding (public and private)
o Patents
o Firm age
In terms of gathering a list of applicant for the Innovate energy R&D grants between 2004-2020 with ranking for each competition, although we hold this information, we would need you to specify the competitions you require the information for. However, disclosing rankings, especially as this will include data on unsuccessful applicants, is unlikely to be disclosed through Freedom of Information as this is confidential information. I can pursue this further if, as stated above you specify the competitions you are interested in, however, it is likely that I will not be able to disclose anything. Innovate UK publish all the information they are able to regarding applicants on the transparency data I originally linked you to.
In terms of results of possible surveys/interviews conducted with the winners of the R&D grant post treatment, I was asked to share the following:
Surveys to successful R&D grant applicants are performed as part of Innovate UK's evaluation activity.
Survey results form part of and are published (in the public domain) as part of evaluation reports assessing the impact Innovate UK's funding has had.
For more information on our approach to evaluation please see Innovate UK's Evaluation Framework, and our published evaluation reports:
Collaborative R&D
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130302042643/http://www.innovateuk.org/_assets/pacec_ev aluation_of_crandd_report_final260911%20(2).pdf
Feasibility Studies
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/626872/ TSB_Feasibilty_Studies_Programme_- _Evaluation_Findings_2013.pdf
Smart https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-funding-assessment-of-impact-and-evaluation-of-processes
SBRI https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-evaluation-of-the-small-business-research-initiative
ICURe https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/icure-evaluation-of-pilot-programme
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-knowledge-transfer-partnership-programme-an-impact-review
In response, on the 07 March 2020 you provided a list of Innovate UK competitions to be applied to Q2 of your follow up request on 21 February, which was as follows:
2. List of all applicants for the Innovate UK energy R&D grants in the period 2004-2020 with rankings for each competition
Published: 8 July 2021
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Request Received: 26 February 2020
For the following competition:
Innovation loans: September 2019 open competition Loans for game-changing innovations with strong commercial potential that will significantly improve the UK economy.
Competition opens: Monday 23 September 2019 Competition closes: Wednesday 27 November 2019 12:00pm
Please can you provide the assessor scoring matrix (as given by precedent set by FOI request: UKRI - 2018/0077 IUK) for both section A and B
Published: 8 July 2021