UKRI funding in the North EastIn the 2020/21 financial year: - The North East received £230 million of funds from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) sources
- just over 44% was from research councils, more than 37% was from Research England and the remainder was from Innovate UK
- the North East total represented about 3.4% of total UKRI spend in England, the majority of which (58.7%) funded projects in the London, South East and East of England regions
- the UKRI spend per resident in the wider North East region (including Tees Valley) was the fourth lowest among the nine English regions
- the North East regional rate was less than half that of both London and the South East region
- the North East total spend was 7.1% higher than in 2019/20 but this was less than half the percentage increase in the three south eastern English regions (15.1%).
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding, North East, by sourceSource: Geographical distribution of funding (UKRI), last updated: 6 Mar 2023 (2020/21 financial year data)
About the data: Information on funding from the research councils, Innovate UK and Research England. These are combined to provide a UKRI total.
Geography: North East LEP area, calculated by summing data for four ITL3 areas (Durham county, Northumberland, Sunderland and Tyneside). UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding, % of England total, by broad geographical area, by sourceSource: Geographical distribution of funding (UKRI), last updated: 6 Mar 2023 (2020/21 financial year data)
About the data: Information on funding from the research councils, Innovate UK and Research England. These are combined to provide a UKRI total.
Geography: North East LEP area, calculated by summing data for four ITL3 areas (Durham county, Northumberland, Sunderland and Tyneside). Other areas based on English regional data.
Other North includes Tees Valley and the regions of North West and Yorkshire and the Humber
Midlands and South West includes the regions of East Midlands, West Midlands and South West
Greater South East includes the regions of London, East of England and South East UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding per head, English regionsSource: Geographical distribution of funding (UKRI), last updated: 6 Mar 2023 (2020/21 financial year data)
About the data: Information on funding from the research councils, Innovate UK and Research England. These are combined to provide a UKRI total.
Geography: English regions. The North East region contains the North East and Tees Valley LEP areas. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding, % change in latest year, by broad geographical areaSource: Geographical distribution of funding (UKRI), last updated: 6 Mar 2023 (2020/21 financial year data)
About the data: Information on funding from the research councils, Innovate UK and Research England. These are combined to provide a UKRI total.
Geography: North East LEP area, calculated by summing data for four ITL3 areas (Durham county, Northumberland, Sunderland and Tyneside). Other areas based on English regional data.
Other North includes Tees Valley and the regions of North West and Yorkshire and the Humber
Midlands and South West includes the regions of East Midlands, West Midlands and South West
Greater South East includes the regions of London, East of England and South East
Research council university fundingThe UKRI Gateway to Research (GtR) database provides information about individual projects funded by UKRI. The data in this section is a summary of a subgroup of these projects: those with funds provided by the seven research councils to the four North East universities (Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland): - Between 2013 and 2022, research councils provided £790 million of funding to North East universities
- the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council provided almost 43% of these funds, with the Medical Research Council providing the second largest funding total
- during this period, the start year of projects with the greatest total funding was 2019
- projects starting in 2021 had the lowest total funds of any of the ten years.
Research Council awards, North East universities (£m), 2013 to 2022, by funderSource: UKRI Gateway to Research (GtR), analysis by North East LEP, data extracted 31 Oct 2023
About the data: The GtR website has been developed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to enable users to search for and analyse information about UKRI funded research and innovation.
This analysis focuses on projects where the lead research organisation is one of the four North East universities (Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria or Sunderland). It aggregates the values of awards for projects funded by one of the seven research councils, with a start year within the ten year period from 2013 to 2022. Research Council awards, North East universities (£m), 2013 to 2022, by year of awardSource: UKRI Gateway to Research (GtR), analysis by North East LEP, data extracted 31 Oct 2023
About the data: The GtR website has been developed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to enable users to search for and analyse information about UKRI funded research and innovation.
This analysis focuses on projects where the lead research organisation is one of the four North East universities (Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria or Sunderland). It aggregates the values of awards for projects funded by one of the seven research councils, with a start year within the ten year period from 2013 to 2022.
Net zero related university fundingProjects in UKRI Gateway to Research can be classified using up to five subject categories. The North East LEP has identified net zero related projects by using these classifications and, where no category has been chosen, by using project titles. This results in estimates of funding provided by research councils to North East universities: - In the ten years up to and including 2022, the value of research council funding for net zero related projects in North East universities was estimated to be £82.2 million
- the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council provided almost 71% of this total
- most of the rest (23% of the overall total) was provided by the Natural Environment Research Council
Research Council net zero related awards to North East universities (£m), 2013 to 2022, by funder
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