Research Funding

We receive funding from a wide variety of funders worldwide, including:

  • Research Councils,
  • major charities,
  • European Commission,
  • UK government departments,
  • industry.

The funding received from external sources is part of a strategy to provide a balanced portfolio of funding for our activities. We have been particularly successful in gaining EU funding through Framework Programme 7 (FP7) and the previous programme, Framework Programme 6 (FP6):

Breakdown of external research funding 2008-09

£36.4m - Office of Science and Technology Research Councils
£7m - EU government bodies
£807,000 - EU other
£1.6m - Other overseas
£405,000 - Other sources
£24.8m - UK based charities
£12.7m - UK central government, local and health authorities
£4m - UK industry, commerce and public corporations

Total -  £87.7m

We have a dedicated Research Funding Team whose main role is to support academic staff to improve research grants and contracts income.  They provide:

  • research funding intelligence;
  • targeted support for strategic research activities;
  • key institutional links for research funders;
  • facilitation for collaboration across the University and with other institutions;
  • visits from funding bodies and appropriate workshops in grant applications.

To learn more about this team or to contact them, please go to Research Funding Development Managers..