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<p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy funds research primarily
through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Within UKRI the main funders of social
science research are the Economics and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Arts and
Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and Research England.</p><p> </p><p>The following
table shows the value of research grants from AHRC and ESRC related to social science
awarded to universities in England in each of the last five years. It also shows the
notional allocation of Quality-related Research (QR) funding from Research England
to the social sciences in universities in England over the past five years. QR funding
is unhypothecated and individual institutions decide how it should be spent on research
activities according to their own priorities.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value
of awarded grants (by Financial Year) £</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> QR allocation
(by academic year) £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>153,738,462</p></td><td><p>270,300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>106,861,835</p></td><td><p>276,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>181,616,983</p></td><td><p>279,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>199,971,534</p></td><td><p>281,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>247,678,306</p></td><td><p>291,300,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>While these are the primary funders of social science research, other research
councils within UKRI provide funding for projects that involve a significant contribution
from the social sciences. UKRI encourages interdisciplinary research, including the
integration of social science components into other research programmes, when this
adds value to the proposals.</p>
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