Question follow-through · 31591
Charity Research Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the charity research support fund to (a) sustaining research investment from charities in universities and (b) supporting the financia
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 28 Feb 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the charity research support fund to (a) sustaining research investment from charities in universities and (b) supporting the financia
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Feb 2025
Answer published
UKRI Research England is undertaking a review of their approach to their formula-based research funding, delivered in England through Quality-related Research (QR). This activity is called the Strategic Institutional Research Funding (SIRF) review. The re...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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