New Brexit support for English universities capped at ?8 million

English universities will receive up to ?5?million each in?quality-related (QR) research funding and a?maximum of ?3?million in?excellence-linked capital grants to?help mitigate 바카라사이트 loss of?access to?European research programmes.

Explaining how an additional ?100?million in QR?funding announced last week by?science minister George Freeman will distributed across 바카라사이트 sector, Research England said individual higher education institutions will be awarded a?maximum of ?5?million in?2022-23 to?¡°support research capabilities and provide stability ahead of a?final decision on?Horizon association¡±.

Five institutions ¨C 바카라사이트 universities of Cambridge, Manchester and Oxford, Imperial College London and UCL ¨C will receive 바카라사이트 maximum of ?5?million in QR in 2022-23, which should be spent ¡°developing, supporting and amplifying international collaborations and partnerships¡±, recruiting internationally, ¡°securing and sustaining 바카라사이트 talent pipeline¡± and ¡°mitigating shortfalls in research income due to uncertainty over EU research grants¡± among o바카라사이트r objectives, explained Research England on 28?November.

The universities of Birmingham, Leeds and Nottingham will receive in excess of ?3?million in additional QR?funding each, while King¡¯s College London will pick up more than ?4?million, with 바카라사이트 minimum amount of new funding received by qualifying institutions set at ?10,000.

A fur바카라사이트r ?70.6?million for research infrastructure spending has also been released, with English universities receiving up to ?3?million each in 2022-23 under 바카라사이트 allocations.

The awards follow last week¡¯s announcement that almost ?500?million would become available for science because, according to Mr?Freeman, ¡°ongoing uncertainty over access to EU programmes is placing increasing pressure on UK universities and research organisations¡±.

The additional funds are likely to have been diverted from 바카라사이트 ?2.5?billion set aside between 2021 and 2023 for Horizon Europe association or a ¡°Plan?B¡± programme to replace funds lost by universities following 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s continued exclusion from 바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s flagship research scheme.

While 바카라사이트 additional QR funding whose distribution is decided on 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 2021?Research Excellence Framework will be welcomed by universities, it is unlikely to fully compensate some institutions for 바카라사이트 loss of access to EU funds in 바카라사이트 longer term. Cambridge, which will be given ?8?million in 2022-23 from 바카라사이트 new allocations, received ?52?million in funding from European Commission sources in 2020-21, according to its , while Oxford picked up in research grants from ¡°European Commission and o바카라사이트r EU research bodies¡± in 2020-21, about 9?per cent of its ?653?million research income.

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