Setting Science and Technology Research Funding Priorities

The inquiry investigated how decisions are made to fund research to meet societal needs; the balance of funding for targeted versus unsolicited response-mode curiosity-driven research; and how research is commissioned in Government departments and agencies. Latest The Committee's report on Setting priorities for publicly funded research was published on Thursday 1 April 2010. Government Response … Show more

The inquiry investigated how decisions are made to fund research to meet societal needs; the balance of funding for targeted versus unsolicited response-mode curiosity-driven research; and how research is commissioned in Government departments and agencies. Latest The Committee's report on Setting priorities for publicly funded research was published on Thursday 1 April 2010. Government Response to the Report Report: Setting priorities for publicly funded research Evidence Volume (HL 104-II) For further information on the inquiry please contact Christine Salmon Percival, Clerk to the Science and Technology Committee, either by telephone: 020 7219 6072 or by email: salmonc@parliament.uk Show less