Research Income
At the end of the financial year 2008/9, research grants and contracts income had increased by £23.9m (+9.8%) to £266.9m, continuing the real increase in sponsored research, in particular that funded by research councils and charities.
Further figures are available from the annual key data at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/planning/data/facts/
The following table give a breakdown of the research income received by sponsor type.
| Sponsor Type | Amount in £M | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003/4 | 2004/5 | 2005/6 | 2006/7 | 2007/8 | 2008/9 | |
| UK Research Councils | 66.4 | 74.1 | 82.1 | 93.2 | 112.3 | 123.3 |
| UK Charities | 52.2 | 57.2 | 60.0 | 60.6 | 68.5 | 71.6 |
| UK Industry & Commerce | 20.5 | 20.3 | 19.7 | 16.8 | 18.4 | 14.6 |
| UK Government Bodies | 12.3 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.5 |
| UK Health & Hospital Authorities | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 8.4 |
| European Commission | 10.4 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 14.2 | 19.0 |
| Overseas | 10.6 | 10.8 | 12.3 | 15.4 | 16.0 | 19.3 |
| Other Sources (plus FEC transitional funding) | 1.8 | 5.9 | 9.6 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Total | 176.3 | 188.7 | 203.9 | 211.5 | 243.0 | 266.9 |