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Research Active The Newsletter of University of Kent Research Services, Vol 10, Issue 1, Oct 2015
AWARDS REACH ALL-TIME HIGH Academics and researchers at the University won £18.2m worth of grants and awards in 2014/15, the highest total value ever. ‘This is excellent news, and all of those who contributed to it should be justifiably proud.’ said the PVC Research & Innovation, Prof Philippe De Wilde. ‘It is a testament to Kent’s world class research, but also to the commitment and vision of our staff. They are the ones who have mapped out exciting and inspiring research, and have demonstrated how it will be supported by robust project management.’ The total was up 31% on the 5 year rolling average (of £13.8 million),
and marks the continuation of a trend that has seen the long-time ‘glass ceiling’ of £16m broken. The increase in awards has had a resultant effect on research income, which increased 8% on the 5 year rolling average to £13.7m. ‘I offer my congratulations to both the award holders and all those who supported them. Applying for grants is a team effort,’ continued De Wilde. ‘I know that the external funding environment is incredibly tough, and all those who narrowly missed out should not to be disheartened. I appreciate all of their work and would encourage them to continue to strive for funding.’
AWARDS 2014-15 Architecture Arts Biosciences/CMP Computing CSHE Economics EDA
30,130 133,488 6,120,480 922,795 10,756 1,194 1,504,385
English
13,377
History
74,407
KBS
129,409
KLS
20,068
19
Pharmacy
74,896
18
Pol/IR
112,672
17
Psychology
595,645
15
SAC
917,298
14
SECL
642,631
13
SMSAS
948,436
Award Value
16
12
Sport & ES
11
SPS
10 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015
SSPSSR
99,230 647,417 5,166,975
ResearchActive is edited by Phil Ward. Contact him for more information or clarification on any of the items in this edition. For the latest from the world of research funding, go to fundermental.blogspot.com, or Twitter @unikentresearch. 1