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<p> </p><p>The Medical Research Council (MRC) is one of the seven Research Councils
sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The MRC funds
a broad portfolio of diabetes research which amounted to £24 million in 2012/13. Of
this, £3.6 million (15%) is relevant to Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). This includes underpinning
studies relevant to diabetes in general, as well as studies on the prevention, treatment
and the downstream consequences of T1D. Expenditure on T1D research over the last
five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Medical Research Council expenditure
on Type 1 diabetes, 2008/9 to 2012/13</p><p> </p><p>Year Expenditure</p><p> </p><p>2008/09
£4.7m</p><p> </p><p>2009/10 £3.7m</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 £3.6m</p><p> </p><p>2011/12
£4.0m</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £3.6m</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note: where a research
project is related to both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, 100% of the project value has
been included in the totals shown above.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MRC does
not routinely analyse expenditure on diabetes research beyond an analysis of T1D and
Type 2 Diabetes research. However, details of all research supported by the MRC, including
summaries describing the aims of the research and links to research publications and
outputs can be found on the Research Council UK's Gateway to Research at: <a href="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/"
target="_blank">http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MRC
does not normally allocate funds to particular topics but always welcomes high quality
applications into any aspect of human health. All applications are judged in open
competition and the primary considerations in funding decisions are scientific quality
and importance to human health. In keeping with the Haldane principle, decisions on
research priorities and funding are taken by the Research Councils based on advice
from the scientific community through peer review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The
Technology Strategy Board spend on T1D in the last three years was £354,879.00. This
relates to a project which ran in 2010/11.</p><p> </p>
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