NINE MILLION FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
THE UNIVERSITY HAS RECEIVED A NINE MILLION POUND CASH BOOST - its share in the Government’s £1bn investment in scientific excellence.
The £1bn investment under the Science Research Investment Fund (SRIF) for 2004 to 2006 is allocated by a formula based on research quality ratings and grant income earned competitively with other Universities. Lancaster will be able to spend its allocation in line with its own research strategy and will be submitting a list of proposed projects to the HEFCE by 30 May 2003.These will be determined once the submissions from the Faculties have been reviewed, prioritised and integrated with University funded projects.
Lancaster will be able to spend its allocation in line with its own research strategy and will be submitting a list of proposed projects to the HEFCE by 30 May 2003.
Funds can be used for the following:
refurbishment of premises for research;
replacement, renewal or upgrading of equipment; and
replacement of premises by new-build or acquisition (subject to appraisal of best value and a business case).
Science Minister Lord Sainsbury announced the funding on Wednesday 12th February and said:
"The research carried out in our laboratories today is the foundation for the new products, medicines and technologies of tomorrow. British Science is among the best and most cost-effective in the world. Today's injection of over £1bn is the largest ever Government investment in our science research infrastructure and will ensure that UK science remains at the cutting edge."
The allocation to Lancaster represents a 44% uplift on the previous allocation under this initiative, placing Lancaster in the top 14 research-led universities receiving more than 5 million
Breakdown of funding By English region
North Western £
University of Manchester 34,677,321
University of Liverpool 20,741,591
University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology 12,113,801
LANCASTER UNIVERSITY 9,079,406
University of Salford 4,228,903
Manchester Metropolitan University 2,382,866
Liverpool John Moores University 1,877,268
University of Central Lancashire 781,632
Bolton Institute of Higher Education 244,044
Chester College of Higher Education 104,975
Edge Hill College of Higher Education 56,997
Liverpool Hope University College 47,388
Royal Northern College of Music 45,424
Cumbria Institute of the Arts 20,000
86,401,616
East Midlands
University of Nottingham 24,671,976
University of Leicester 13,118,504
Loughborough University 10,521,583
De Montfort University 2,996,673
Nottingham Trent University 1,873,189
University of Derby 261,755
University College Northampton 261,632
University of Lincoln 183,304
53,888,617
Eastern
University of Cambridge 60,341,919
University of East Anglia 9,514,228
University of Essex 5,982,870
Anglia Polytechnic University 599,145
Norwich School of Art & Design 20,000
Writtle College 20,000
76,478,162
London
University College London 63,889,111
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 62,817,720
King's College London 36,803,590
Queen Mary, University of London 12,442,409
Institute of Cancer Research 9,239,149
London School of Economics and Political Science 9,172,924
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 6,665,260
Royal Holloway, University of London 5,880,400
St George's Hospital Medical School 4,829,686
Institute of Education 4,605,300
Birkbeck College 3,756,446
City University, London 3,731,285
Goldsmiths College, University of London 2,998,054
London Business School 2,856,510
University of Greenwich 2,456,070
Royal Veterinary College 2,229,988
School of Oriental and African Studies 2,082,348
University of Westminster 1,740,113
School of Pharmacy 1,658,505
South Bank University 1,656,470
The London Institute 1,621,781
Middlesex University 1,278,069
University of East London 997,815
London Metropolitan University 810,228
Kingston University 736,124
Royal College of Art 629,850
Courtauld Institute of Art 344,618
University of London 314,910
Wimbledon School of Art 209,766
Royal Academy of Music 86,650
RCN Institute 71,080
Royal College of Music 62,275
St Mary's College 38,703
St Martin's College 27,245
248,740,454
North Eastern
University of Newcastle upon Tyne 21,451,684
University of Durham 12,655,413
University of Northumbria at Newcastle 1,054,366
University of Sunderland 1,021,240
University of Teesside 365,178
36,547,881
South Eastern
University of Oxford 60,066,535
University of Southampton 28,608,502
University of Reading 12,935,219
University of Surrey 12,092,029
University of Sussex 9,548,079
Cranfield University 8,529,373
Open University 6,589,245
Brunel University 4,975,035
University of Kent at Canterbury 4,467,580
University of Portsmouth 2,611,035
University of Brighton 2,092,763
University of Hertfordshire 1,764,341
Oxford Brookes University 1,762,669
University of Surrey Roehampton 548,382
University of Luton 289,984
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College 280,810
Canterbury Christ Church University College 190,436
King Alfred's College, Winchester 109,623
University College Chichester 103,661
Southampton Institute 84,725
Thames Valley University 66,852
The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College 39,331
Kent Institute of Art & Design 33,241
157,789,451
South Western
University of Bristol 25,965,737
University of Bath 10,142,427
University of Exeter 6,956,461
University of Plymouth 2,942,707
University of the West of England, Bristol 1,614,851
University of Gloucestershire 526,875
Bournemouth University 337,273
Bath Spa University College 92,424
Dartington College of Arts 37,554
Falmouth College of Arts 37,536
Royal Agricultural College 33,772
College of St Mark & St John 20,000
48,707,617
West Midlands
University of Birmingham 27,493,411
University of Warwick 16,063,601
Keele University 4,042,044
Aston University, Birmingham 3,765,405
Staffordshire University 864,584
Coventry University 850,577
University of Central England in Birmingham 728,370
University of Wolverhampton 727,962
Harper Adams University College 109,877
University College Worcester 98,821
Newman College of Higher Education 20,000
54,764,652
Yorkshire & Humberside
University of Leeds 28,759,828
University of Sheffield 27,740,848
University of York 12,498,871
University of Bradford 4,375,945
University of Hull 4,231,977
Sheffield Hallam University 2,509,229
University of Huddersfield 1,029,141
Leeds Metropolitan University 619,582
Trinity & All Saints 20,000
York St John College 20,000
81,805,421