Technology Strategy Board | Home. Higher Education Funding Council. Funding to support the brightest minds. Scottish Funding for Research. Research Excellence Grant The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008 gave us a measure of the quality of research carried out in Scotland. Following RAE 2008, SFC replaced its Main Quality Research Grant and Research Development Foundation Grant with the Research Excellence Grant (REG) in academic year (AY) 2009-10. The funding model for REG accommodates the results of the RAE 2008, and continues to underpin the structure and value of the dual support system. (Under the dual support system, the UK Research Councils provide grants for specific projects and programmes, while SFC provides block grant funding for universities to carry out ground-breaking research of their choosing.) In broad terms, developing the policy for REG was informed by these needs or requirements: SFC is reviewing the underlying model for the distribution of REG in advance of the Research Excellence Framework in 2014.
Additional information Research Postgraduate Grant. N Ireland - Higher Education Policy & Funding - Department for Employment and Learning. Higher Education Policy in the Department consists of two branches: Higher Education Policy Branch and Higher Education Widening Participation branch. Higher Education Policy Branch The aim of Higher Education Policy branch is to develop, communicate and evaluate higher education policy for Northern Ireland, in consultation with the sector, and other regions of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
The main business areas of Higher Education Policy Branch are: Quality Assurance and Teaching and Learning - Higher Education Policy manages a range of teaching and learning initiatives and activities and, to this end, assesses, approves and appropriately manages funding allocations to support the core activities of Northern Ireland Higher Education Institutions.International Activity - this is an area of growing importance for the Department in the context of an increasingly international labour market and increased competition for international students worldwide. Research Ireland: Ireland research news, Ireland research policy, Ireland research funding opportunities.