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. FOI2024/00528: Case Correspondence, Claims for Payment and Project Control Reports

    Request Received: 11 June and 4 July 2024

    1. Copies of all correspondence relating to IUK case <Redacted>, including minutes of any meetings where all parties to the project were present.

    2. What IUK paid <Redacted> as part of their claims for payment against the work package(s) which included <Redacted>.

    3. A full copy of IUK’s internal reports relating to project controls for project <Redacted>.

    4. What mechanisms IUK employs to ensure that those involved in a failure to meet obligations on past projects cannot access future funds.

    Published: 22 October 2024

  2. FOI2024/00727: Kazakhstani Nationals Employed by STFC

    Request Received: 20 August 2024

    I am writing to request information regarding how many Kazakhstani nationals are, and have been employed by STFC since 2018 annually?

    Published: 21 October 2024

  3. FOI2024/00766: 'Tax, private school fees and state school spending' Report

    Request Received: 2 September 2024

    Information required in relation to the ESRC funded report, completed by the IFS, titled ‘Tax, private school fees and state school spending’ (published 11th July 2023). See link: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/tax-private-school-fees-and-state-school-spending

    Date range to cover from first piece of information to most recent.

    Documents, email traffic, minutes, meetings and communications illustrating:

    1. how much was paid to the IFS?

    2. who proposed the work? For example, the ESRC, the IFS or a third party?

    3. which individuals asked for, and signed off, the funding and the work?

    4. who was accountable for the selection of the provider and the quality of the work?

    5. what efforts were made to ensure independent research from an unbiased provider and individuals within it?

    6. which individuals from the IFS were involved in any communications?

    7. who else was considered for the work?

    8. what was the exact remit proposed by / given to the IFS?

    9. what involvement there was from the UKRI (including details of which individuals)?

    10. what involvement there was from the DSIT (including detail of which individuals)?

    11. what involvement there was from parliamentarians, policy makers and government departments (including detail of which individuals)?

    12. were any other third parties involved?

    13. what conflicts-of-interest checks were completed?

    Published: 21 October 2024

  4. FOI2024/00639: R&I Workforce ages, gender information for Antarctica research trips

    Request Received: 15 July2024

    I am requesting the following information.

    All new start employees for remote locations (non-UK) in the last 10 years (below information only):

    ·       Role

    ·       Start date

    ·       1st tour or re-tour

    ·       Length of tour

    ·       Gender

    ·       Age

    Published: 2 October 2024

  5. FOI2024/00612: Smart Grants January 2024 - Application information

    Request Received: 5 July 2024

    Please answer the following requests: For Smart Grants January 2024, by stream:

    1.The total number of submitted 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.the score distributions of the applications (e.g. % (or number) of applications which scored <70, 71-75, 76-80, 81-85, 86+)

    10.the count of applications by innovation area

    11.the count of successful projects by innovation area

    12.The number of successful projects that were a consortium of 2 partners

    13.The number of successful projects that were a consortium of 3+ partners

    14.The number of successful projects which included a university or research partner

    15.The number of applications which included a university or research partner

    16.the number of 1) applications and 2) successful projects with total project cost within £100k increments

    17. the number of unsuccessful applications, if any, which scored above the minimum funded score, please.

    Published: 2 October 2024

  6. FOI2024/00613: Innovate UK - funding amounts

    Request Received: 9 July 2024

    I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information from UKRI, in relation to the amount of funding awarded by Innovate UK in recent years.

    Applicable competition years:

    2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 to date (including any upcoming competitions for which you hold details).

    Data requested:

    For each Innovate UK competition (i.e. those hosted on the Innovation Funding Service), please provide:

    • The total ‘funding pot’ size (for example, the April 2024 Smart Grant says “UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million”)

    • Data on projects that received an offer of funding (i.e. the project passed assessment and went into setup):

    o Number of projects that received an offer of funding

    o Total funding offered to all projects

    o Average funding offer size

    Published: 2 October 2024

  7. FOI2024/00506: Innovation and Knowledge Centres

    Request Received: 6 June 2024

    I understand that recent awards have been for the excellent 'Innovation and Knowledge Centres’ - IKC’s.- for these most recent IKC awards or renewals, please could I have in electronic form, copies of the following :-

    1 The submissions from academic institutions that applied to run an IKC (whether successful or unsuccessful) and;

    2. The contractural terms of the awards under which successful IKC’s have been granted public funding.

    Published: 1 October 2024

  8. FOI2024/00532 training to assess narrative CVs

    Request Received: 14 June 2024

    I'm writing to submit a freedom of information request:

    What training, if any, has been offered to EPSRC reviewers to assess narrative CVs submitted using the Resumé for Research and Innovation (R4RI) template? If training has been provided, please supply the documentation relating to it in electronic format.

    Published: 1 October 2024

  9. EIR2024/00413: Net Zero targets and zero emission at tailpipe technology

    Request Received: 16 April 2024

    1.Under EIR please provide evidence that UKRI and Innovate UK are operating under a zero (or no, or low) support for fossil fuel based technology for research and/or funding. And also in relation to research and funding for pollution mitigation solutions from fossil fuels and technology.

    Clarification: we should take “evidence” to mean policy, or any documentation that states we are operating under a zero/low support for fossil fuel-based tech and research, or supressing the funding of research based on fossil fuels

    2.Please provide under EIR the documentation that the UKRI and Innovate UK are supposed to be researching zero emission at tailpipe technology.

    Published: 1 October 2024

  10. FOI2024/00531: Equality Impact Assessment of EPSRC assessments

    Request Received: 14 June 2024

    I'm writing to submit a freedom of information request:

    Was there an equality impact assessment prior to the EPSRC changing its assessment processes, so that instead of using primary and secondary criteria, prioritisation panels give equal weighting to a proposal's quality, importance, applicant and partnerships, and resources and management? If so, please provide an electronic copy of its findings.

    Published: 1 October 2024