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06
August
2021
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10:12
Europe/London

¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp at top of UK Research and Innovation funding table

The ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp has for the first time finished top for the value of funding received from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

The ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp was awarded £98 million of competitive Research & Innovation Grants, nearly £10 million more than second ranked Oxford. The number of highly competitive fellowships awarded to ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp was also significantly up.

Universities in the ‘golden triangle’ of Oxford-Cambridge-London are again present at the top of the table of most grants and fellowships won from UK Research and Innovation in 2020-21.But The ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp is a clear challenger to the dominance of these long-standing powerhouses, according to data covering competitive funding decisions made by the Research Councils between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.

Research teams at ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp have continued to bid successfully for funding despite the protracted logistical and personal pressures of working though the covid pandemic. I am delighted that we are ranked first for the amount of UKRI research funding secured this year. Thank you to all the researchers and professional service teams involved in winning these bids, and to those preparing our new applications!
Professor Colette Fagan, Vice-President for Research

In a difficult year for higher education, the quality of our applications by both number and value was up on previous years. One of the key funding successes was the award to The University of the £32m .

Professor Colette Fagan, Vice-President for Research at The ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp said: "Research teams at ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp have continued to bid successfully for funding despite the protracted logistical and personal pressures of working though the covid pandemic. I am delighted that we are ranked first for the amount of UKRI research funding secured this year. Thank you to all the researchers and professional service teams involved in winning these bids, and to those preparing our new applications!"

In terms of the key indicator of research and innovation grants won as lead organisation, the following institutions made up the top five:

  • ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp (119, £98m)
  • University of Oxford (115, £89m)
  • University of Cambridge (103, £80m)
  • University of Edinburgh (110, £77m)
  • University College London (123 grants, £70m awarded

UKRI says the data reflects money committed for all competitive funding opportunities during the year but does not include funding such as block grants, studentships or quality-related research funding from Research England.

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