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UKRI budget to fall by around half a billion in 2021-22

   

Drop includes cuts to aid-funded research and a reduction in science infrastructure capital spending

The UK’s national research funder UK Research and Innovation has seen its budget allocation plummet by around half a billion pounds amid unprecedented cuts to aid-funded research.

According to long-awaited R&D allocations published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on 27 May, UKRI has been allocated a total of £7,908 million for the 2021-22 financial year.

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