Major Capital Grants for Building, Refurbishment and Equipment

Introduction

These grants come from a variety of sources. The majority are HEFCE initiatives, sometimes as a collaborative initiative with research councils, charities or government departments (e.g. Joint Infrastructure Fund, Joint Research Equipment Initiative), sometimes as their own specific initiative (e.g. Capital Project Allocations, Science Research Infrastructure Fund). Other grant funding can come from a number of sources, key ones being the research councils, charitable trusts, industry and the Lottery.

The sponsorship may be to fund buildings, refurbishment and/or equipment.

Sometimes with this funding, the University has to contribute a percentage of the costs. One object of the procedures is to ensure that all the funding sources are agreed before commencement of any procurement.

The other prime object is to ensure that the documentation required by the sponsor is completed and submitted in line with sponsor requirements.

For advice on this area pleas contact Richard Farrow or Anne Winchester in the Finance Office: http://www.bath.ac.uk/finance/mis.htm