Annual Review 2014/15

Funding

Research grants and other sources of funding.

From charities, industry and other institutions

UK Charities 

 
Sponsor Project Total £'000

Academy of Medical Sciences

60

Action Medical Research

199

Age UK

1,317

Alcohol Research UK

6

Allergy UK

218

Alzheimers Research UK

187

Alzheimers Society

595

Anonymous Donor

60

Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland

2

Asthma UK

289

Bailey Thomas Charitable Fund

46

Brain Tumour Charity, The

267

BRE Trust

307

Breakthrough Breast Cancer

89

British Council

781

British Heart Foundation

2,757

British Mass Spectrometry Society

2

British Society for Neuroendocrinology

11

Burdett Trust for Nursing

6

Caledonian Research Foundation

217

Cancer Research UK

6,403

Carnegie Trust

26

Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

234

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

1

Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland

254

Child Brain Research

5

Children with Cancer UK

607

Children’s Liver Disease Foundation

5

Church of Scotland

7

Clark Foundation for Legal Education

2

Colt Foundation

314

CORE Fighting Gut and Liver Disease

27

Crohn’s & Colitis In Childhood

125

Crohn’s and Colitis UK

10

Cure Crohn’s Colitis

125

Cure Parkinson’s Trust

57

Cystic Fibrosis Trust

200

DEBRA International

192

Dogs Trust

505

Dr Hadwen Trust

1

Dunhill Medical Trust

300

Economic History Society

2

Edinburgh Anaesthetics Research and Education Fund

1

Edinburgh and Lothian Health Foundation

417

Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELPD)

3

Equine Grass Sickness Fund

3

Fight for Sight, Inc.

200

Fire Service Research & Training Trust, The

70

Genetics Society, The

2

Global Dialogue

1

Gordon Cook Foundation

45

 
Sponsor Project Total £'000
Hope Trust 55
Horse Trust 98

Houghton Trust, The

10

Independent Social Research Foundation, The

44

International Institute for Environment and Development

216

Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund

391

Kidney Research UK

124

Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research

318

Leverhulme Trust

2,138

Marc Fitch Fund

2

Marie Curie Cancer Care

67

Mason Medical Research Trust

43

Medical Research Scotland (SHERT)

133

Melville Trust

106

Mind Association

2

Motor Neurone Disease Association

186

Multiple Sclerosis Society

2,149

Muscular Dystrophy Campaign

60

Muscular Dystrophy UK

58

National Institute for Academic Anaesthesia

65

Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children

238

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

32

Pet Plan Charitable Trust

17

Petsavers, British Small Animal Veterinary Association

7

Practical Action UK

32

PSC Support

18

Psoriasis Association

10

Resuscitation Council (UK)

21

Robertson Trust

67

Roslin Foundation Ltd

703

Row Fogo Charitable Trust

148

RP Fighting Blindness

5

Sarcoma UK

7

Scots Philosophical Association

1

Scottish Families Affected By Alcohol & Drugs (SFAD)

2

Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association

185

Sick Kids Friends Foundation

21

Sir Halley Stewart Trust

44

Sniffer

54

Society for Research into Higher Education

3

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

4

Sparks - The Children’s Medical Research Charity

28

Stroke Association

235

Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust

182

Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK

25

Tenovus - Scotland

45

Tommy’s Campaign

400

Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET)

497

Tuberous Sclerosis Association

154

University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)

1

UK Biobank

636

Urology Foundation

250

Wellcome Trust

34,432

 
UK Charities Total £'000   62,329        
     

 

UK Industry      

Sponsor

Project Total £’000

AB Agri

41

AECOM Ltd

3

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

68

Airborne Energy Ltd

5

Airbus Group Ltd

23

ARIAD Pharma Ltd

273

AstraZeneca

589

Badley Geoscience Ltd

4

Bioparametrics Ltd

9

Castrol Limited

130

Cobb Europe Ltd

220

Corin Group PLC

54

Destiny Enterprise Solutions

5

Diamond Light Source Ltd

39

Digital Health Institute

92

Ecometrica

131

Eli Lilly and Company Limited

91

Energy Technologies Institute

150

Gaia Wind Ltd

45

GE Healthcare Limited

51

Genus plc

32

GlaxoSmithKline

597

Hill’s Pet Nutrition

28

Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre

280

Ingenza

46

International Paint Ltd

50

Joint Industrial Projects (multiple partners)

3,268

Leica Biosystems

41

Mars Chocolate

40

 
Sponsor Project Total £'000

Mentholatum Company Ltd, The

55

MicroPharm

50

Microsoft Research Ltd

110

National Nuclear Laboratories

23

National Physical Laboratory

23

Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd

49

NGenTec Ltd

20

Optos plc

53

Ordnance Survey

23

Ove Arup

23

Overview Ltd

2

Pfizer Ltd

121

Phillips Research

16

Saccade Diagnostics Ltd

593

Schlumberger Cambridge Research Limited

348

Scotch Whisky Research Institute, The

40

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service

60

Selex Ltd

143

Shapespace Ltd

23

Sierra Medtech Limited

4

Smith and Nephew Ltd

10

Statoil Petroleum AS

293

STMicroelectronics

2

Stratified Medicine Scotland

355

Sunamp Ltd

4

Syngenta

30

Total E&P UK PLC

293

TUV SUD Ltd

28

Wolf Formulations Ltd

5

 
UK Industry Total £'000   9,204  
       
EU Industry   EU Other  

Sponsor

Project total £’000

Airbus Operations GmbH

78

Bayer Pharma AG

34

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH

24

Evonik

250

Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S

220

Galecto Biotech AB

512

GeneArt AG

22

Lilly SA

43

Medacta International SA

175

Michelin

23

Nofima AS

35

Sanofi Pasteur

59

Syngenta Crop Protection Münchwilen AG

30

Thales Optronique SAS

43

Vattenfall AB

20

EU Industry Total £'000

1,568

 

Sponsor

Project total £’000

Beug Foundation

9

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

52

European Leukodystrophy Association, The

37

European Space Agency

208

Fondazione Mondo Digitale

64

Foundation Leducq

211

Human Frontier Science Program Organization

67

EU Other Total £'000

648

 

 
Learned Societies  

Sponsor

Project total £’000

British Academy

694

Royal Academy of Engineering

43

Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh

298

Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh

21

Royal College of Surgeons of England

4

Royal Society

3,372

Royal Society of Chemistry

30

Royal Society of Edinburgh

612

Society for Endocrinology

44

Society for Reproduction and Fertility

5

Learned Society Total £'000

5,123

 
Overseas Charities   Overseas Industry  

Sponsor

Project total £’000

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

57

CHDI Foundation Inc.

181

Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative

 

(CHNRI)

17

Child Protection Network Foundation, Inc.

19

Dumbarton Oaks

4

FightSMA

39

Getty Foundation

1

Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation

38

Gwendolyn Strong Foundation

6

HammondCare

11

Heart Foundation

50

John Templeton Foundation

890

Kenneth Rainin Foundation

94

Laura and John Arnold Foundation

56

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada

2

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

345

Porticus Vienna GmbH

92

Society in Science

333

Unicef

237

World Wide Fund for Nature

22

Overseas Charities Total £'000

2,494

 

Sponsor

Project total £’000

Abbott Laboratories

129

Athersys, Inc.

142

Bloomberg

43

Cascadia Coast Research Ltd

4

Cytec Industries Inc.

27

Dart NeuroScience

68

Edimer Pharmaceuticals

29

GE Global Research

199

Genzyme Corporation

307

Linkschina Investment Advisory Ltd

30

Proctor & Gamble

21

Zoetis

92

Overseas Industry Total £'000

1,091

 

Overseas Government   Overseas Other  

Sponsor

Project Total £’000

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

79

Ministry of Culture, Republic of Taiwan

26

National Institutes of Health

506

Office of Naval Research

138

Teagasc

51

UK-India Education and Research Initiative

50

US Army Research Laboratory

189

US Embassy London

9

USDA, Forest Service Northern

 

Research Station

18

Overseas Government Total £'000

1,066

 

Sponsor

Project Total £’000

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

274

Fondation Mathematique Jacques Hadamard

6

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

9

International Fine Particle Research Institute

44

Japan Science and Technology Agency

67

Mount Sinai Hospital

409

Terra Foundation for American Art

8

Texas Engineering Experiment Station

28

Overseas Other Total £'000

845

 
Overseas Universities etc      
Sponsor Project Total £'000

ETH Zurich

129

Georgetown University

49

Iowa State University

11

Johns Hopkins University

331

Konkuk University

30

McGill University

179

Northwestern University

7

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design

3

Orebro University

151

Saint Louis University

57

Technische Universität Dresden

11

Universitat Bielefeld 37
 

Sponsor

Project Total £'000

University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), The

15

University of California, San Diego

59

University of Chicago

18

University of Copenhagen

15

University of Florida

31

University of Georgia

9

University of Melbourne, The

8

University of Minnesota

16

University of Pennsylvania

66

University of Stavanger

32

University of Tromso

6

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

36

Yale University

76

 
Overseas Universities etc Total £'000   1,382  
       

Total from charities, industry and other institutions £'000

85,750

   

 

Research Councils and other government agencies 

UK Research Councils   UK Health Authorities  

Sponsor

Project Total £’000

Arts and Humanities Research Council

2,431

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences

 

Research Council

43,675

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

9

Economic and Social Research Council

5,198

Engineering and Physical Sciences

 

Research Council

21,801

Medical Research Council

32,888

National Centre for the Replacement,

 

Refinement and Reduction of Animals

 

in Research

176

Natural Environment Research Council

5,353

Science and Technology Facilities Council

18,709

Total UK Research Councils £'000

130,240

 

Sponsor

Project Total £’000

Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group

88

Greater Glasgow NHS Board

20

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

68

NHS Health Scotland

13

NHS Lothian

122

NHS Scotland

51

Total UK Health Authorities £'000

362

 

 

 
UK Government      

Sponsor

Project Total £’000

Aberdeenshire Council

4

British Geological Survey

5

Chief Scientist Office - Scotland

4,989

Children’s Commissioner

16

Commonwealth Scholarships

94

Defence Science and

 

Technology Laboratory

192

Department for Environment, Food and

 

Rural Affairs

299

Department for International Development

4,366

Department of Energy and Climate Change

896

Department of Health

12,097

Forest Research

5

Forestry Commission

11

Forestry Commission Scotland 50
 
Sponsor Project Total £'000

Government Communications Headquarters

33

Health Promotion Fife

30

Heritage Lottery Fund

53

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

361

Home Office

56

Innovate-UK

585

Knowledge Transfer Partnership

229

Met Office

167

Ministry of Defence

3

National Institute for Health Research

10,165

Pirbright Institute, The

562

Public Health England

12

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

3

Scottish Funding Council

245

Scottish Government

1,749

 
UK Government Total £'000   37,277  
       
EU Government      

Sponsor

Project Total £’000

EUNIC

7

European Commission

31,243

European Metrology Research Programme

206

European Regional Development Fund

92

Fonds National de la Recherche

3

EU Government Total £'000

31,551

     
UK Universities etc      

Sponsor

Project Total £’000

Bangor University

1

Brunel University London

186

Cardiff University

2,776

Durham University

5

Edinburgh Napier University

6

Energy Technology Partnership (ETP)

213

Glasgow Caledonian University

397

Heriot-Watt University

604

Higher Education Academy

20

Imperial College

752

James Hutton Institute, The

37

Kings College London

395

London School of Economics & Political Science

39

Royal Veterinary College

377

Soillse

21

University College London

1,195

University of Aberdeen

498

University of Bath

75

University of Birmingham

278

University of Brighton

6

 
Sponsor Project Total £'000

University of Bristol

1,487

University of Cambridge

323

University of Dundee

1,393

University of East Anglia

4

University of Essex

63

University of Exeter

13

University of Glasgow

3,634

University of Leeds

55

University of Leicester

528

University of Liverpool

175

University of Manchester

254

University of Newcastle

766

University of Nottingham

86

University of Oxford

1,015

University of Sheffield

236

University of Southampton

793

University of St Andrews

91

University of Stirling

29

University of Strathclyde

615

University of Surrey

77

University of York

60

 
UK Universities etc Total £'000   19,729  
       

Total from research councils and other government agencies £’000

219,159

   

Grand Total £'000                                                                                               

304,909

   

Please note: the lists above set out the total project value of research grants funded from these sponsors. The sponsor will have contributed this whole amount, with the exception of some governmental sources (including research councils) and charitable sources, who fund the majority, with the balance being received indirectly via the Scottish Funding Council.