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: 31 July 2026 - see all updates

Documents

UKRI principles of assessment and decision-making

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Details

The principles include:

• expert assessment
• transparency
• impartiality
• appropriateness
• confidentiality
• integrity and ethics
• equality, diversity and inclusion
• separation of duties and accountability
• proportionate risk-taking

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

Updates

• 31 July 2026
  Added ‘Proportionate risk-taking’ under 'Responsibilities' in the HTML.
• 30 March 2026
  Updated 'Separation of duties and accountability' under 'Responsibilities' in the HTML.
• 19 September 2025
  PDF removed and replaced with accessible HTML version.