Research Funding

The University’s Research Funding provides details regarding the income from grants and contracts.

Research Funding

The University’s funded research activity in 2009-10 showed a continuing improvement over the 2008-09 position.  Total income from research grants and contracts was £423k (2008-09 £81k), with HEFCE capability funding of £299k (2008-09 £139k).

  2009-10 2008-09   2007-08 2006-07   2005-06
   £k  £k  £k  £k  £k
 HEFCE Capability Funding  299 139  140  134  120
 UK Central & Local Government  7  5  9  15  39
 OST Research Councils  11  64  10  41  51
 EU Commission  384  0  1  35  41
 EU Non-governmental  19  8  0  0  0
 UK Industry & Commerce  0  0  1  5  32
 UK Charities  2  3  0  3  2
 Other Overseas  0  1  0  0  0
 Total  722  220  161  233  285


During 2009-10 the University appointed a Research and Enterprise Officer whose role is to provide administrative and support services to both academic staff undertaking research and enterprise activities, as well as to post-graduate research students.

The major EU FP7 contract at WMA which started in 2009-10 (income in 2009-10 £384k) is expected to generate income of £664k in 2010-11, and is due to continue into 2011-12.