Medicine: Research
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the annual expenditure by the UK Research and Innovation on research workforce development programmes, including fellowships, training awards and capacity-building initiatives, was in each financial year from 2019–20 to 2024–25; and what proportion of that expenditure was allocated to (a) dementia, (b) cancer, (c) stroke and (d) coronary heart disease research, where such categorisation is held.
Answered by Kanishka Narayan
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) supports and encourages the development of researchers’ skills and knowledge at all career stages across all its investments through dedicated skills, talents, and training investments.
The table below shows total annual UKRI spend from 2019-20 to 2024-25. Data relating to capacity-building initiatives is not recorded by UKRI.
Total UKRI Spend (£M) | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
Training grants | 414 | 429 | 415.7 | 421.1 | 436.2 | 465.5 |
Fellowships | 165.1 | 217.2 | 223.9 | 260.1 | 261.1 | 282.7 |
Total | 579.1 | 646.2 | 639.6 | 681.2 | 697.3 | 748.2 |
Expenditure breakdowns are not available for dementia, cancer, stroke and coronary heart disease research.
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