HEFCE block grant research funding allocations for 2009-10 for the university of Coventry and university of Warwick are shown in the tables that follow. These show allocations of funding awarded in relation to each unit of assessment submitted at the last Research Assessment Exercise. Once calculated, the funding is awarded as a block grant and Higher Education Institutions have the freedom to choose where to invest this funding—and need not spend it in the disciplines that “earned” it.
In addition, BIS funds research through the research councils. These largely fund on the basis of competitively selecting projects through peer review.
Unit of assessment HEFCE research funding for 2009-10 (£) 4 Other Hospital Based Clinical Subjects 1,087,016 7 Health Services Research 1,206,826 14 Biological Sciences 2,683,369 16 Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science 1,569,670 18 Chemistry 1,858,866 19 Physics 2,187,013 20 Pure Mathematics 1,324,095 21 Applied Mathematics 1,220,972 22 Statistics and Operational Research 996,912 23 Computer Science and Informatics 978,352 25 General Engineering and Mineral and Mining Engineering 3,348,681 34 Economics and Econometrics 1,546,661 36 Business and Management Studies 3,176,974 38 Law 718,560 39 Politics and International Studies 734,216 40 Social Work and Social Policy and Administration 542,639 41 Sociology 870,509 44 Psychology 489,549 45 Education 938,453 52 French 291,060 53 German, Dutch and Scandinavian Languages 128,388 54 Italian 174,491 57 English Language and Literature 936,679 59 Classics, Ancient History, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 324,185 60 Philosophy 452,787 62 History 1,068,101 64 History of Art, Architecture and Design 201,491 65 Drama, Dance and Performing Arts 952,815 Total QR attributable to subjects 32,009,330 QR business research element 623,853 QR for national research libraries 0 Total research funding 32,633,183
Unit of assessment HEFCE research funding for 2009-10 (£) 12 Allied Health Professions and Studies 258,657 21 Applied Mathematics 113,827 23 Computer Science and Informatics 203,036 24 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 104,555 28 Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering 138,541 29 Metallurgy and Materials 141,732 31 Town and Country Planning 75,516 36 Business and Management Studies 56,097 37 Library and Information Management 68,229 38 Law 27,627 39 Politics and International Studies 95,390 40 Social Work and Social Policy and Administration 57,473 44 Psychology 7,462 45 Education 94,441 46 Sports-Related Studies 67,440 63 Art and Design 512,620 Total QR attributable to subjects 2,022,643 QR business research element 83,634 QR for national research libraries 0 Total research funding 2,106,277