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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Rev. Martin Smyth: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what grants were given for research to (a) Queens University, (b) St. Mary's University College, (c) Stranmillis University College and (d) the University of Ulster in the last 12 months. [84395] Jane Kennedy: Figures for the last 12 months are not available; however, the recurrent research grant allocation for the financial year 2002-03 to the universities and university colleges was: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million Queen's University 16.585 St. Mary's University College - Stranmillis University College - University of Ulster 11.068 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. However, the Department for Employment and Learning also fund a number of special initiatives such as the Support Programme for University Research (SPUR) and the Science Research Investment Fund (SRIF) and estimated expenditure for the 2002-03 year is: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million Queen's University 6.905 St. Mary's University College - Stranmillis University College - University of Ulster 2.927 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

84395; 395 c983W;395 c980-1W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Grants Higher education Northern Ireland Universities Research Stranmillis University College Ulster University St Mary's University College Queen's University Belfast

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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