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Science: York

Answer

The Government have not provided any direct national funding to York as a Science City since the role of Science Cities is to bring together existing public investment in science and urban regeneration, and any additional funding is at the discretion of the Science City partners.However, Yorkshire Forward has made the following investments to support York as a science city since 2001:

Programme	Amount invested (£)
To support York and North Yorkshire as a leading centre of enterprise in science, technology and the creative industries. Funding used to develop networks across ICT, bioscience and creative sectors and knowledge transfer from the University	2,210,986
To support Science City York enterprise and business advice across a range of sectors: ICT, creative and bioscience	199,999
To support York Bio-Incubator that provides managed workspace and incubation for York-based bioscience companies	1,449,853
To support Science City York Business Hub and Spoke enterprise project	2,615,187
Total	6,476,025

The University of York, one of the two Science City York principle shareholders, has received nearly £69 million funding between 2002-08 from DIUS and the Higher Education Funding Council through the three rounds of the Science, Research and Investment Fund (SRIF). SRIF's replacement Research Capital Investment Fund (RCIF), which was established in July 2008, will be investing a further £21 m in the University of York during the three years 2008-11.The University of York has also received over £6 million in funding from the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) to boost its knowledge transfer capacity since 2001.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

483 c1716-7W; 237058

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Science York

Link

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