Research England

Research England

Council overview
Status	Council within UK Research and Innovation
Headquarters	Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Annual budget	£2,006 million (FY2024/25) [1]
Ministers responsible	Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Patrick Vallance, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
Parent department	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Parent body	UK Research and Innovation
Website	re.ukri.org

The Research England is a council ^[2] of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, responsible for overseeing the functions of UKRI in relation to university research and knowledge transfer in England. ^{[3] [4]} This includes:

• providing funding to English universities for research and knowledge exchange activities
• developing and implementing the Research Excellence Framework (REF) in partnership with the UK Higher Education funding bodies
• developing the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) ^{[5] [6]}
• overseeing the sustainability the Higher Education research base in England
• managing the £900 million UK Research Partnership Investment Fund
• administering the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF)

See also

• Higher Education Funding Council for England
• Research funding in the United Kingdom

References

1. "UK Research and Innovation Annual Report and Accounts 2024–25". GOV.UK. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
2. "Higher Education and Research Act 2017: Section 92", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 2017 c. 29 (s. 92)
3. Anon (2019). "Editorial: A kinder research culture is possible". Nature. 574 (7776): 5–6. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02951-4. ISSN   0028-0836. PMID   31576053.
4. Anon (2019). "Joint funding with Research England". officeforstudents.org.uk. Office for Students.
5. Coiffait, Louis (2018). "What's the latest with the knowledge exchange framework (KEF)?". wonkhe.com.
6. Hill, Steven A. (2019). "The differences between the Knowledge Exchange Framework and the Research Excellence Framework". re.ukri.org. Research England.