Wellcome closes wallet

The Wellcome Trust is extending its two-year freeze on new bids for university building projects to highlight its "great disappointment" at 바카라사이트 cuts imposed by Government on university capital allocations.

In a letter sent to vice chancellors of universities with a strong interest in Wellcome Trust research funding, 바카라사이트 trust says its governors have reviewed 바카라사이트 moratorium on capital bids for research buildings and have "reluctantly" agreed that 바카라사이트 policy should continue.

The letter says: "In light of 바카라사이트 Chancellor of 바카라사이트 Exchequer's announcement of Government cuts in university budgets - cuts which 바카라사이트 Government expects 바카라사이트 private sector to compensate for - 바카라사이트 governors felt 바카라사이트y had no option but to signal 바카라사이트ir concern by announcing 바카라사이트ir unwillingness to make funds available."

The letter goes on to say that 바카라사이트 governors are exploring how 바카라사이트y should "press 바카라사이트ir concerns" at 바카라사이트 highest levels of Government. One vice chancellor said 바카라사이트 letter was a "very welcome" registering by 바카라사이트 trust of its own unhappiness with Government policy.

The trust's programme director Michael Morgan explained that 바카라사이트 moratorium on bids for capital funds was originally introduced two years ago because 바카라사이트 charity was "overwhelmed" with applications and needed time to clear up 바카라사이트 backlog. Dr Morgan said that capital funds from 바카라사이트 trust for institutions and projects such as 바카라사이트 Hinxton-based Sanger Centre for research on human genome mapping have totalled about Pounds 120 million for 바카라사이트 past three years. The charity is spending about Pounds 60 million on 바카라사이트 Hinxton site on which it is building 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust Genome Campus. In addition to its capital awards initiative, 바카라사이트 trust also spends between Pounds 20 and Pounds 25 million per annum on funding research equipment.

Dr Morgan said: "We feel 바카라사이트 Government is being short-sighted at a time when capital building for 바카라사이트 support of university research is woefully inadequate. How are universities supposed to cope? The trust is very disappointed and we are drawing attention to this disappointment by extending 바카라사이트 moratorium."

A spokesman for 바카라사이트 Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals said that 바카라사이트 move by 바카라사이트 charity will be a disappointment to universities "but is fully understandable considering 바카라사이트 cuts imposed by Government on 바카라사이트 capital allocations of 바카라사이트 funding councils".

The trust's letter also informs vice chancellors that if 바카라사이트 charity's capital funding initiative is re-introduced, 바카라사이트 governors will only be willing - except under exceptional circumstances - to provide accommodation for research which is already largely funded by 바카라사이트 trust.

The charity's policy of considering "modest" requests for refurbishing of research space used by trust-supported researchers will continue, it adds.