UKRI reply to CaSE letter on UKRI funding structures

This report explores how people in Scotland and Wales think and feel about R&D and politically salient issues ahead of the May 2026 Holyrood and Senedd elections.

What does CaSE’s flagship study, Public Attitudes to R&D 2025, tell us about voter attitudes and how they differ? Rebecca Hill takes a look at the evidence and how this will inform CaSE’s new project R&D in a shifting voter landscape.

Analysis of ‘high-level mapping’ of the new UKRI ‘buckets’ system and what they tell us about UK R&D funding.

Following discourse surrounding UKRI’s new funding model and the specific impact of some changes to the STFC, CaSE have written to ask for further clarity on some key areas.