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<p>Government provides financial support for academic research in Dundee through various
routes, including funding from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’
(BIS) Science & Research budget for Research Council grants, research capital
grants (allocated through Scottish Funding Council - SFC) and the UK Research Partnership
Investment Fund (RPIF). In addition the Scottish Government allocates funding via
the SFC for recurrent research grant.</p><p>Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
data includes information about research grant income earned by individual higher
education institutions from higher education (HE) funding bodies, Research Councils
and Government Departments. The SFC publish details of the BIS HE research capital
funding. Details of the RPIF are published by HEFCE.</p><p>The research grant income
earned by the University of Dundee and Abertay University from these sources in each
academic year are listed in the table (figures in £000s). HESA data for 2014-15 are
not yet available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SFC
recurrent research funding</p></td><td><p>23,841</p></td><td><p>23,606</p></td><td><p>24,133</p></td><td><p>24,409</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Research
Councils</p></td><td><p>20,734</p></td><td><p>22,203</p></td><td><p>15,260</p></td><td><p>22,387</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
Government Funding</p></td><td><p>5,738</p></td><td><p>4,651</p></td><td><p>5,535</p></td><td><p>9,371</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIS
HE Research Capital</p></td><td><p>2,270</p></td><td><p>602</p></td><td><p>728</p></td><td><p>860</p></td><td><p>974</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand
Total</p></td><td><p>52,583</p></td><td><p>51,062</p></td><td><p>45,656</p></td><td><p>57,027</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br
/><p>In addition, the University of Dundee secured £11.7m from UK RPIF for expenditure
over 2012-15.</p>
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