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Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 April 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 April 1999. It was answered by John Battle (Labour) on Monday, 19 April 1999 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the bids for the £50 million university challenge scheme referred to in paragraph 3.59 of the Red Book. - Includes figures and table.
Answer

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the bids for the £50 million university challenge scheme referred to in paragraph 3.59 of the Red Book. [80814] Mr. Battle: The 15 winners of the £45 million University Challenge competition, run jointly by Government, Wellcome Trust and the Gatsby Foundation, were announced on 10 March 1999. They are: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. University £ 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 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) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. It is inappropriate to publish a list of all the original 45 bids as they were provided in confidence.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
80814; 329 c453-4W;329 c454W
Session
1998-99
Subjects
Finance Universities Research Science Wellcome Trust Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Contains statistics
Yes