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.

Breakdown of external research funding 2010-11

£23.4m - Office of Science and Technology Research Councils
£11.2m - EU government bodies
£2m - EU other
£3.8m - Other overseas
£0.6m - Other sources
£26.1m - UK based charities
£19.1m - UK central government, local and health authorities
£6.5m - UK industry, commerce and public corporations

Total -  £92.7m

We have been particularly successful in gaining funding through the EU's 7th R&D Framework Programme 7 (FP7) and have showcased our first 100 projects in the following brochures:

FP7 at Newcastle University

A further volume of our newer FP7 projects is currently under preparation and will be available soon.

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.