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Allocation of the science budget 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Sets out details of the Comprehensive Spending Review of the science budget, also explains the policy framework and priorities.

Internet only 		99/11427-10-1998 A4
32 Pages
Allocation of the science budget 2005-06 to 2007-08. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Sets out the Office of Science and Technology's allocation of the science budget for the period April 2005 to March 2008, the period for which funding was settled in the 2004 spending review.

Internet only 		05/11426-05-2005
60 Pages
Council for Science and Technology spending review: letter to Professor Sir Adrian Smith. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Letter, from John Beddington and Professor Dame Janet Finch, co-chairs of the Council for Science and Technology, to Adrian Smith, the BIS Director General of Science and Research Group, dated 20 December 2010. Covers science budget allocations following the spending review.

Internet only 		11/64217-01-2011 A4
2 Pages
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) on full economic costing (FEC): October 2004. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Full economic costing frequently asked questions.

Internet only 		04/213501-10-2004 A4
4 Pages
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) on full economic costing (FEC): September 2004. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Full economic costing frequently asked questions.

Internet only 		04/213401-09-2004 A4
3 Pages
Monitoring financial sustainability in UK HEIs: report to the research base funders forum April 2006. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

HE Funding Councils report monitoring the progress of UK Higher Education Institutions towards long-term sustainability published by the UK based Funders Forum.

Internet only 		06/148913-07-2006 A4
10 Pages
Note for HEIs and government departments on full economic costing of research. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Note outlining the full costings of research.

Internet only 		04/213201-01-2004 A4
3 Pages

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OSI annual report on output frameworks 2006. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Output frameworks for a healthy UK research base and better exploitation. Includes output data on Research Councils' use of science budget.

Internet only 		06/46629-09-2006 A4
33 Pages
Progress against indicators: science & innovation investment framework 2004 - 2014. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

A full list of the indicators in the ten-year framework, together with a brief summary of progress against each one.

Internet only 		05/179331-07-2005 A4
12 Pages
Report to the Secretary of State, DIUS on universities' links with schools in STEM subjects. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Report to Secretary of State on how universities and schools can work more closely together on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) issues.

Internet only 		190-09-SC-ON01-09-2008 A4
38 Pages
Report to UK higher education funding bodies, research councils and OST. Quality assurance and validation of full economic costing. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Report on the arrangements for quality assurance and validation of full economic costing.

Internet only 		06/149118-07-2006 A4
29 Pages
Researchers: what is the situation? Annual report to the UK research base funders' forum 2007. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Report to Research Councils UK (RCUK) and Higher Education Funding Councils on the current situation of UK research careers.

Internet only 		07/142807-09-2007 A4
41 Pages
Response to the science and innovation investment framework 2004 - 2014: next steps. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Summary of responses to the consultation document: Science and innovation investment framework 2004 - 2014: Next Steps (URN 06/1245).

Internet only 		06/192329-09-2006 A4
25 Pages
RIPSS implementation project: sustainability of research establishments. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Comments on the first annual monitoring process.

Internet only 		06/44913-07-2006 A4
8 Pages
RIPSS update: issue 1 March 2006. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Update on issues affecting research councils and public sector research exploitation fund (PSRE) sustainability. Covers the monitoring exercise on sustaining the UK's research capability.

Internet only 		06/420a31-03-2006 A4
2 Pages
RIPSS update: issue 2 August 2006. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Update on issues affecting research councils and public sector research exploitation fund (PSRE) sustainability. Covers the monitoring exercise on sustaining the UK's research capability.

Internet only 		06/420b14-08-2006 A4
2 Pages
RIPSS update: issue 3 October 2007. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Update on issues affecting research councils and public sector research exploitation fund (PSRE) sustainability. Covers the monitoring exercise on sustaining the UK's research capability.

Internet only 		07/420a01-10-2007 A4
12 Pages
Science and innovation investment framework 2004 - 14: economic impacts of investment in research & innovation. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Annex to the 2007 annual report on the science and innovation investment framework (URN 07/1145). Includes performance indicators and evidence used to assess the overall health of the science and innovation system, and how it delivers economic benefits. Indicators and evidence are structured to model the delivery of economic impacts at the aggregate economy level.

Internet only 		07/114623-07-2007 A4
57 Pages
Science and innovation investment framework 2004 - 2014: annual report 2007. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Third annual report on progress against the measures set out in the ten year science and innovation investment framework (URN 06/1245). See also the assessment of economic impacts (URN 07/1146).

Internet only 		07/114523-07-2007 A4
60 Pages
Science and innovation investment framework 2004 - 2014: progress against indicators. July 2006. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Progress against indicators to accompany second annual report (URN 06/1446) on progress against the measures set out in the original ten year science and innovation investment framework.

Internet only 		06/144713-07-2006 A4
19 Pages
Science and innovation investment framework 2004 - 2014: progress against measures 2006. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Progress against measures to accompany second annual report (URN 06/1446) on progress against the measures set out in the original ten year science and innovation investment framework.

Internet only 		06/144811-08-2006 A4
45 Pages
Science and innovation investment framework 2004 – 2014: progress against measures. February 2007. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Progress against indicators to accompany second annual report (URN 06/1446) on progress against the measures set out in the original ten year science and innovation investment framework.

Internet only 		07/72905-03-2007 A4
48 Pages
Science and innovation investment framework 2004 to 2014: next steps. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Presents the next steps in taking forward the government's science and innovation investment framework 2004-2014.

Internet only 		06/124531-03-2006 A4
63 Pages
Science and innovation investment framework 2004 to 2014: next steps. Consultation on the possible creation of a large facilities council: summary of responses. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Summary of responses to the consultation on the possible creation of a large facilities council.

Internet only 		06/1673X13-09-2006
6 Pages
Science and innovation investment framework 2004-14: annual report on Research Council output and economic impact frameworks. October 2007. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Second annual report that summarises and provides a commentary on Research Councils' annual data on their principal outputs.

Internet only 		07/46631-10-2007 A4
18 Pages
Science and innovation investment framework 2004-2014: annual report 2006. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Second annual report on progress against the measures set out in the ten year science and innovation investment framework (URN 06/1245). Hardcopies available from Treasury.

Internet only 		06/144613-07-2006 A4
54 Pages
Science and research consultation: budget allocations. Letter to Adrian Smith. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Letter, dated 15 November 2010, from John Beddington and Professor Dame Janet Finch, co-chairs of the Council for Science and Technology, to Adrian Smith, the BIS Director General of Science and Research Group. Covers science budget allocations. See also the spending review letter URN 11/642.

Internet only 		10/131330-11-2010 A4
2 Pages
Science budget 2005-06 to 2007-08. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Full breakdown of the science budget allocations.

Internet only 		04/212901-01-2004 A4
2 Pages
Science research priorities 2001-02 to 2003-04: a note from the Office of Science and Technology. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Designed to provide high-level guidance and signposting for HEIs in order to assist the development of SRIF investment plans. It brings together in one place, summaries of the strategies, research priorities and the consequent investment priorities of the six grant-awarding Research Councils following the allocations made to them from the Science Budget in November 2000 for the next three years. Also provides contact points in the Research Councils.

Internet only 		01/62606-03-2001 A4
27 Pages
SET statistics: science, engineering and technology indicators 2011. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Summarises of key science, engineering and technology indicators, prepared in collaboration with the Office for National Statistics. Revised to correct figures for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Transport in Table 2.1.

Internet only 		11/499A18-11-2011 XLS
21 Pages
Streamlining university / business collaborative research negotiations: an independent report to the 'Funder's Forum' of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Independent report on how negotiations take place between universities and business at the outset of collaborative research contracts. Also makes recommendations for improvement.

Internet only 		07/140129-08-2007 A4
41 Pages
The allocation of science and research funding 2011/12 to 2014/15. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Provides details of the science budget allocations to Government funded science bodies. Explains how the budget were allocated and how the benefits will be delivered. The data in this publication is also available in an open standardised format on the Transparency/Report Data webpage.

Internet only 		10/135620-12-2010 A4
59 Pages
The allocation of the science budget 2008/09 to 2010/11. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Outlines the allocation of the science budget and what it will deliver up to 2011.

Internet only 		07/11411-12-2007 A4
70 Pages
The forward look 2003: Government funded science, engineering and technology. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Summary version of Forward Look 2003 (URN 03/1071).

Internet only 		03/191516-07-2003
9 Pages
The impact of the EU RTD framework programme on the UK. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Study undertaken by Technopolis Ltd for BIS. Investigates the impacts and leverage effects of the European programme for research and technological development (RTD), mainly the sixth and seventh framework programmes ( FP6 and FP7) on the UK. Aims to assist with the development of UK priorities for the next framework programme (FP8) by providing evidence of how the framework programmes have helped with areas of UK strength and with new areas of expertise.

Internet only 		10/115814-09-2010 A4
193 Pages
The ten-year science and innovation investment framework annual report 2005. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Focuses on the actions undertaken by government over the past year to implement the ten year framework. However a parallel increase in business R&D is necessary if the ambitions for R&D investment set out in the ten year framework are to be achieved.

Internet only 		05/152031-07-2005 A4
38 Pages