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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he is yet in a position to announce the outcome of the University Challenge competition. [76012] Mr. Battle: One of the Government's key science policy initiatives is to encourage the commercialisation of outcomes from our excellent research base. In that connection, I am delighted to be able to announce the winners of the University Challenge Fund Competition which has been funded and operated jointly by Government, the Wellcome Trust and the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. The successful applications are: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million University of Leeds/University of Sheffield/University of York 4.5 (White Rose Consortium) University of Manchester/UMIST 4.5 University of Bath/University of Bristol 3.75 University of Birmingham/University of Warwick 3 University of Cambridge/The Babraham Institute 3 University of Cardiff/University of Wales College of Medicine 3 Imperial College, London 3 King's College London/Queen Mary and Westfield College London 3 London Business School/King's College London/Queen Mary and 3 Westfield College/University College London University of Oxford 3 University of Strathclyde/University of Glasgow 3 University College London/Institute of Cancer Research/Cancer 3 Research Campaign Technologies Ltd./School of Pharmacy, University of London/Imperial Cancer Research Fund/Royal Veterinary College University of Edinburgh/The Moredun Foundation/The Roslin 2.25 Biotechnology Centre/The UK Astronomy Technology Centre of PPARC/Edinburgh Station of the British Geological Survey Queen's University Belfast/University of Ulster 2 University of Aberystwyth/The Institute of Grassland and 1 Environmental Research (IGER) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The total value of proposed awards is £45 million. Awards are subject to the applicants' compliance with all competition requirements. For awards to consortia of institutions, the university leading the bid is listed first.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

76012; 327 c261-2W;327 c261W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Finance Investment Private sector Universities Research Wellcome Trust Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Contains statistics

Yes