date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 10:38:30 +0000
from: Trevor Davies <t.d.davies@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Research Income
to: env.faculty@uea.ac.uk

Happy New Year everyone.

Our research overhead income over the last few years has been:

94/95 514K
95/96 428K
96/97 439K
97/98 414K
98/99 projected down

Clearly we are on a "downward trend". Funding is often spiky - eg Framework
IV, CSERGE 5-yr funding, etc, BUT this will NOT be a good position to go
into the next RAE if the "trend" continues (this has already been pointed
out by the two outside assessors which the university appointed to do a
MockRAE on us - especially in the context of many of our rivals increasing
their research funding). Moreover, it is research income overheads which
gives us the opportunity for our own selective investment. If we don't
recover our position, our investment plans will be meaningless.

Framework V is a clear opportunity for us to start reversing the trend. We
must do well in this Programme, and exploit other sources effectively. Now
is the time for research groupings to revisit - & act upon! - the
discussions they had around a year ago on "funding".

Trevor

(Summary report on the MockRAE will follow in a few days. Tone is that our
general performance continues to be very good, but that there are a number
of specific issues (including the above) which we should address). 


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Professor Trevor D. Davies
Dean, School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom

Tel.  +44 1603 592836
Fax.  +44 1603 507719
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