This page outlines the cookie policy for the UK Research and Innovation (‘UKRI’, ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’) website. Your use of this website is subject to our terms of use.
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. This sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, your computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
Cookies are used to improve services for you, for example by:
- enabling a service to recognise your device so you do not have to give the same information during one task
- recognising that you have already given a username and password so you do not need to enter it for every web page requested
- measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and that there is enough capacity to ensure they are fast.
You can learn about cookies and how to manage them (All About Cookies).
For further information on cookies used by this website please contact us.
Email: web@ukri.org
Cookies used on our website
Cookie Control panel cookies
CookieControl
Purpose: to hold setting on whether to allow cookies to be stored or not
Expires: 1 year
Google Analytics cookies
Our website uses Google Analytics. It installs cookies to help us identify errors and accurately estimate visitor numbers. These cookies do not collect personal data about visitors to our website.
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Purpose: used to distinguish users.
Expires: 400 days
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Purpose: used to find and track an individual session with your device.
Expires: 400 days
Microsoft Clarity cookies
Microsoft Clarity is a technology service used by UKRI that helps us better understand our users’ experience. For example:
- how much time they spend on particular pages
- which pages they spend most time on
- which links they choose to click
- what users do and do not like
This enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback.
Clarity uses cookies and other technologies to collect data relating to our users’ behaviour and their devices. This includes:
- screen size
- device type (unique device identifiers)
- browser information
Clarity stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymised user profile.
Clarity is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf.
Relating to the user
CLID (Clarity ID)
A Clarity cookie that identifies the first-time Clarity sees the user on any site using Clarity.
MUID (Microsoft User ID)
A Clarity cookie that identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.
Additional cookies for UKRI Funding Service users
We use the following cookies to track usage and authenticate users in our new Funding Service for applicants.
Tracking cookies
These cookies are deployed if the user accepts cookies.
allow_all_cookies
Purpose: to track whether you have accepted our cookie policy. It is automatically cleared every 30 days.
Expires: 30 days
_gid
Purpose: used by Google Analytics to track users’ journeys through the service to improve their experience.
Expires: one day
_gat_UA_XXXXXX
Purpose: used by Google Analytics to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high-traffic-volume websites.
Expires: one minute
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Purpose: used by Google Analytics to uniquely identify users.
Expires: two years
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the service to operate and are always used.
ukri-tfs-local-session
Purpose: to authenticate users on our service and allow them to remain signed in.
Expires: 25 minutes
Last updated: 13 October 2026