Research on what works for research and innovation funding

** Please note this is not call for competition**

This is a PIN notice for an event. UK Research and Innovation have a requirement for up to four separate tenders to conduct research studies on different areas in which UKRI aims to help improve the evidence base on support for the research and innovation landscape. The route to market will be via CCS RM6018 Research Marketplace DPS.

We would like to invite prospective bidders to attend a pre-market engagement session on Tuesday 17th November 2020 10:00-12:00 via Zoom.

This will provide an opportunity for potential providers to find out more about the aims of the procurement and the process. Providers wishing to attend need to RSVP by 11:00 Monday, 16th November 2020 stating their name, title, email. This information should be sent to the following email address: [email protected]

Please ensure that the subject heading for the email is as follows: Research on what works for research and innovation funding. It is anticipated that the tender documentation will be released from December 2020.

Brief Description

UKRI is looking to commission a set of research studies to help us bring together and build evidence on what works for research and innovation funding. This is part of a programme of work aimed at strengthening the evidence base on the role of research and innovation for meeting wider policy objectives, and using evidence to enable UKRI to strengthen its stewardship of a vibrant and creative research and innovation system.

In the first instance, we are looking to fund a study in each of the following areas:

• Research to help UKRI effectively drive research and innovation to increase knowledge and improve social and economic outcomes in complex and cross-cutting challenge areas including and especially through multi- and inter-disciplinary research

• Research to help UKRI effectively support R&I contribution to levelling-up regions, in particular through investing R&D funding in ways that support economic growth and improve outcomes in those areas currently deprived or facing particular economic and social challenges

• Research to help UKRI improve economic outcomes more broadly by supporting sustainable growth and innovation, and by reducing costs to the public purse

• Research to help UKRI understand when and how discovery research advances knowledge, thinking and/or application, taking into account the ambiguous and diverse ways in which discovery research feeds into the wider R&I landscape

Additional information: A pre-market engagement session will be held on Tuesday, 17th November 2020 at 10:00 - 412:00 via Zoom. This will provide an opportunity for potential providers to find out more about the aims of the procurement and the process. Providers wishing to attend need to RSVP by 11:00 Monday, 16th November 2020 stating their name, company and email.

This information should be sent to the following email address: [email protected]

Please ensure that the subject heading for the email is as follows: Research on What Works for research and innovation funding.