Policy

UKRI funding assessment and decision-making policy

Details of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) policy for assessing and deciding on funding applications

From:: UKRI
Published:: 31 March 2021
Last updated:: 19 September 2025 - see all updates

Documents

UKRI principles of assessment and decision making

Details

Update notice

A new version of the document has been published and is now titled: UKRI funding assessment and decision-making policy. It is in a more accessible HTML format.

The principles include:

expert assessment
transparency
impartiality
appropriateness
confidentiality
integrity and ethics
equality, diversity and inclusion
separation of duties

This policy does not include Research England’s assessment and decision making processes.

Updates

19 September 2025
PDF removed and replaced with accessible HTML version.