Medicine: Research
(asked on 9th February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what additional financial assistance he has given to universities to carry out medical research.
The Medical Research Council provides funding for medical research to UK institutes, including universities. The table below sets out funding awarded in 2014/15. Medical Research Council Expenditure for 2014/15, by Organisation type, £k | |
Organisation type | Total £k |
Charity Partnership | £11,659 |
Higher Education Institution | £450,856 |
Higher Education Institution/Independent Research Organisation | £742 |
MRC Institutes/Units | £202,296 |
Independent Research Organisation | £9,695 |
UK Government Body | £21,386 |
Total | £696,632 |
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) also allocates research funding to institutions. HEFCE’s quality-related research funding (QR) is allocated as an un-hypothecated block grant, which institutions are free to invest according to their own priorities. It is a matter for individual Higher Education Institutions to determine how it is ultimately distributed to particular activities/subjects.