The University of Warwick
Vision 2015
The Research Dimension
One year on
Vision 2015 Strategy: Research I
1.1 Appoint only the most able staff
1.2 45 ISI highly cited
1.3 Boost research quality by benchmarking to World standards
1.4 Develop of the Institute for Advanced Study
1.5 Develop 3 new large interdisciplinary research centres
1.6 New collaborative research partnerships with key
international partners
Vision 2015 Strategy: Research II
1.7 Institute a category of University Postdoctoral Fellowship to
reinforce existing provision for the best and brightest new
career researchers.
1.8 Double the number of PGRS
1.9 Provide buildings and equipment to foster world class
research
1.10 Increase engagement with research councils and funding
bodies
So far…..so good: Investment
£18.5M in 07/08 and £35.2M in 08/09
including
 £1.8M
in 2007-09 on Institute of Advanced Study
 £3.7M in 2007-09 supporting PGR scholarships
 £9.8M in 07/08 on Digital Lab capital costs
Progress on HiCi Researchers
So far….so good: Headlines
 Highly Cited : Up to 9 (from 3 in 2006)
 Warwick Prize for Writing : Launched
 Warwick Commission 1 Reported and 2 :
recruiting commissioners
 IAS : Large programme up and running
 Research awards: up 27% in value in one year
Progress on Research Income I
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Value of Applications for Last 5 Years
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2007/08
Progress on Research Income II
Value of Awards for Last 5 Years (Cumulative)
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August
October
December
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April
Month
2003/04
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June
Institution
Applications
Awards
Success rate (%)
BBSRC Babraham Institute
16
9
56
NERC British Antarctic Survey
21
10
48
Institute of Education
19
8
42
EMBL - European Bioinformatics Institute
15
6
40
University of Warwick
273
105
38
BBSRC Roslin Institute
13
5
38
NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory
13
5
38
Royal Veterinary College
13
5
38
University of Oxford
527
194
37
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
33
12
36
BBSRC Institute for Animal Health
22
8
36
Imperial College London
504
180
36
University of Cambridge
544
193
35
John Innes Centre
35
12
34
Sheffield Hallam University
37
12
32
University of Strathclyde
136
44
32
University of the Arts London
31
10
32
University of Bristol
382
122
32
Awards by funding source, by value, 06-07
1%
1%
1%
5%
0%
5%
Research Councils
UK Gov, Health & Hospital Auth
8%
UK Charities
45%
UK Industry and Commerce
European Commission
EU Other
Other Overseas
Royal Society
34%
Other Sources
Issues to address
 Financial matters to address
 Re-prioritising / directing existing spend into strategy
initiatives
 Maximising efficiencies across the programme
 Baseline and on-going measurements / KPIs
 Good governance of the programme
 Prioritisation of budget and resources to:
 Key enabling projects & activities
 Projects producing desired programme outcomes
Where we are
Research Quality
Income & Scholarships
PGR numbers up in 07/08
Robust academic appointments
Interdisciplinary collaborations (e.g. Security,
International Finance)
UK and International benchmarking
Investment in research facilities
• Magnetic Resonance
research centre
• Chemistry Space
• Digital Laboratory –
phase 2
• Clinical Trials Unit
• Dedicated Science Site
• Millburn House
• Research Exchange
• And more!
PGR Supervision
Impact of Research: Citations
Highly Cited Work
Research in the Faculty of Social Studies
Facts and Figures
Application values rose from an average of £33.5m p.a. from 2003
2007 to £62.9m p.a. in 2007/8
Awards values rose from an average of £10.4m from 2003-2007 to
£16.6m in 2007/8
Key awards include:
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Robin Wensley (WBS) ESRC Advanced Institute of Management
Directorship £2.96m
Kate Seers (SHSS) Royal College of Nursing Research Institute
£1.57m
Mike Geddes (WBS) Department of Communities and Skills ‘Longterm evaluation of LAAs and LSPs’ £1.17m
Pia Christensen (IoE) ESRC ‘New Urbanisms, New Citizens’ £700k
Key Applications Pending:
Nick Crafts (Economics) ESRC ‘Centre for Comparative Advantage in
the Global Economy’ £5.5m
Diane Stone (PAIS) ESRC ‘The Transformation of International
Organisations’ £3.8m
New Initiatives:
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Faculty Forum – to develop new interdisciplinary ideas in the
Faculty of Social Studies
Warwick International Security Initiative – University wide but Social
Studies led
Low Carbon Economy – bringing together scientists and social
scientists
International – investigating Social Science links with JNU, Boston
and NTU
Knowledge Exchange – developing and building on links with
policymakers
Research in the Faculty of Arts
Facts and Figures
Application values rose from an average of £5M p.a. from 2001-2005 to
£10.5M p.a. in 2006/7 & 2007/8
Awards values rose from £1.9M in 2006/7 to £2.7M in 2007/8
Award numbers have remained constant indicating an increasing
number of larger awards
Key awards include:
• Hilary Marland (History) Wellcome Trust Strategic Award “Situating
Medicine: New Directions in the History of Medicine” - £811,542
• Jonathan Bate (English) AHRC Research Grant “Collaborative Plays
by Shakespeare and Others” - £281,030
• Eleonora Belfiore (Centre for Cultural Policy Studies) AHRC Impact
Workshop “Beyond Utility and Markets: Articulating the Role of the
Humanities in the 21st Century”
New Initiatives
• New Global History and Culture Centre – est. 2007 to promote a
global approach to historical questions and research
• Development of Knowledge Transfer activities – links with
Waddesdon Manor, Victoria and Albert Museum, Royal
Shakespeare Company, Triangle Theatre Company, Leamington
Spa Pump Rooms and Museum and many other partners
• Warwick in Venice – expanded programme of activities in the new
Palazzo Pesaro-Papafava
• Revamped Humanities Research Fund – to provide pump-priming
funds for the development of new research activities
• UC Irvine – Arts-led visit in March 2008 followed by reciprocal visits
in July and October to develop collaborations with Warwick staff
Research in the Faculty of Science
Facts and Figures
Application values rose from £136M in 2005/6 to £189M 2007/8
Application numbers rose from 567 in 2005/6 to 645 in 2007/8
Awards values rose from £45M in 2005/6 to £66M in 2007/8
Award numbers rose from 236 in 2005/6 to 301 in 2007-8
Key awards include:
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Warwick Centre for Analytical Science (EPSRC) - £4.1M
Science City (AWM) Advanced Materials 1 & 2 (Total £10M); Translational Medicine
(with WMS, Total £10M)
James Nokes (Wellcome Trust) – Respiratory Virus Pneumonia - £1.8M
BBSRC awards to HRI totalling £1.87M including Industrial Partnership Award
David Leadley (EPSRC) – MilliKelvin Refrigeration - £1.1M
Rachel Edwards (European Research Council Starting Grant) – Non-Contact
Ultrasonics – £1.2M
Andrew Stuart (European Research Council Advanced Grant) – Maths/Stats Interface
£1M
David Grainger - Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship £678K
New Investigator Awards from BBSRC (Prakash Arumugam, Yuriy Pankratov) and
MRC (Emma Anderson)
Key Applications Pending
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Peter Sadler et al - Centre for Mass Spectroscopy (EPSRC)
Chris Dowson et al – UK Bacterial Cell Wall Analysis Network (MRC)
David Rand et al – Centre for Clinical Systems Innovation
(Wellcome/EPSRC)
Peter Scott et al – Knowledge Transfer Account (EPSRC)
Simon Bright et al – Bioenergy Centre (EPSRC)
Jim Beynon et al – two BBSRC LoLa’s (circa £1M each)
11 bids for Doctoral Training Centres/Grants (Ageing, Bioprocessing,
Bioenergy, Digital Economy, Energy, Environmental Change, Imaging,
Manufacturing Engineering, Medical Statistics, Stem Cells, Systems
Biology)
New Initiatives
Development of new combined Physics-Chemistry Accommodation, to host a
new world-class microscopy facility and parts of Warwick Centre for
Analytical Science.
Research Hotel Feasibility Study
New joint Warwick/Birmingham Spring 2009 seminar series on Evolution,
marking the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin
Research in the Faculty of Medicine
Facts and Figures
Application values more than doubled between 2006/7 and
2007/8, from £36.5m to £73.8m
Award values rose from £8.8m in 2006/7 to £12.2m in
2007/8
Key awards include:
Fang Gao Smith, “Beta Agonist Lung Injury Trial 2 (Balti 2)”,
MRC, £2m
Martin Underwood, “Older People’s Exercise Intervention in
Residential and Nursing Accommodation (OPERNA)”,
NHS HTA, £1.9m
Key applications pending:
Janet Dunn, “Breast Cancer Follow up”, NHS HTA, £6m
Fang Gao Smith, “Randomised Controlled Trial on the Efficacy Safety and
Mechanisms of Pregabalim Preventing Post-thoracotomy Neuropathic Pain
(PPP trial)”, MRC/NIHR EME, shortlisted for full application, due 1st
December 2008, £1.6m
Wellcome/EPSRC Medical Engineering bid, deadline of 17th November. This
would be worth £12.8m (about £21m fEC), split between WMS, WMG, WSB
and Maths.
Major Developments
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First WMS RAE Return, results in December 2008
Science City Translational Medicine Bids approved by AWM in August 2008
(£10 million to Warwick)
New Clinical Trials Unit being built, due for completion in September 2009
(£4 million from AWM, £1 million from Wolfson)
Strategic Partnership with the Strategic Health Authority (with WMG)
Leadership of the rapidly expanding Clinical Local Research Network
Development of the Warwick Academic Health Partnership, with key NHS
stakeholders