Table 1.
Investments awarded to named institutions by sum, number of studies and mean and median award size.
| Institution | Number of studies | Percentage of total studies | Total funding | Percentage of total funding | Mean award, £(SD) | Median award, £(IQR) | Top funder, millions (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universities | |||||||
| Imperial | 539 | 8.9% | £269,838,681 | 10.4% | 500628 (1435781) | 187606 (84573-381328) | Wellcome Trust, 112.3 (41.6) |
| Oxford | 490 | 8.1% | £269,150,329 | 10.4% | 549286 (1055327) | 191461 (84531-515075) | Wellcome Trust, 137.0 (50.7) |
| LSHTM | 295 | 4.9% | £200,581,524 | 7.7% | 679937 (2468993) | 215530 (74747-477897) | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 69.6 (34.7) |
| UCL | 345 | 5.7% | £152,678,065 | 5.9% | 442545 (1157936) | 170038 (54019-355657) | Medical Research Council, 55.3 (36.2) |
| Glasgow | 246 | 4.1% | £121,565,270 | 4.7% | 494167 (978230) | 229575 (95110-434677) | Medical Research Council, 54.6 (44.9) |
| LSTM | 74 | 1.2% | £111,128,762 | 4.3% | 1501740 (4619005) | 284024 (100343-691362) | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 65.7 (59.2) |
| Edinburgh | 244 | 4.0% | £106,995,076 | 4.1% | 438504 (688180) | 223431 (100026-460111) | Wellcome Trust, 40.6 (37.9) |
| Cambridge | 259 | 4.3% | £85,393,508 | 3.3% | 329705 (400597) | 200689 (111115-364834) | Wellcome Trust, 41.6 (48.7) |
| Birmingham | 180 | 3.0% | £67,395,742 | 2.6% | 374420 (472408) | 222353 (113560-417474) | Charity, 34.4 (51.0) |
| KCL | 73 | 1.2% | £50,954,787 | 2.0% | 698010 (1714738) | 189677 (98317-454802) | European Commission, 23.8 (46.8) |
| Liverpool | 177 | 2.9% | £46,595,962 | 1.8% | 263254 (468016) | 148383 (47251-332938) | Wellcome Trust, 28.2 (60.5) |
| SGUL | 85 | 1.4% | £43,101,362 | 1.7% | 507075 (1766104) | 178375 (91602-323528) | European Commission, 15.2 (35.2) |
| Nottingham | 94 | 1.5% | £41,169,001 | 1.6% | 437968 (645475) | 221452 (116325-463543) | Medical Research Council, 17.8 (43.3) |
| Dundee | 77 | 1.3% | £35,636,801 | 1.4% | 462815 (1239808) | 131918 (16881-227408) | Wellcome Trust, 20.7 (58.0) |
| Manchester | 83 | 1.4% | £34,955,998 | 1.3% | 421156 (661739) | 221736 (96555-379346) | Wellcome Trust, 11.9 (34.1) |
| QMUL | 70 | 1.2% | £31,724,564 | 1.2% | 453208 (803551) | 222162 (75228-448641) | Charity, 14.7 (46.4) |
| Bristol | 87 | 1.4% | £29,414,376 | 1.1% | 338096 (431246) | 217039 (126966-379060) | Wellcome Trust, 12.1 (41.1) |
| Institute of Food Research | 56 | 0.9% | £27,370,465 | 1.1% | 488758 (840838) | 154359 (50886-371885) | BBSRC, 25.8 (94.1) |
| Aberdeen | 76 | 1.3% | £25,877,695 | 1.0% | 340496 (435944) | 211764 (94611-377555) | BBSRC, 8.7 (33.8) |
| Leicester | 60 | 1.0% | £25,775,965 | 1.0% | 429599 (599044) | 272284 (132613-434953) | Wellcome, 8.5 (32.9) |
| Other institutions | |||||||
| Sanger | 17 | 0.3% | £10,903,772 | 0.4% | 641398 (508844) | 489536 (226970-944867) | Wellcome, 9.2 (84.8) |
| Health Protection Agency | 95 | 1.6% | £35,073,098 | 1.3% | 369190 (580383) | 190189 (80922-390620) | Department of Health, 16.6 (47.2) |
| Medical Research Council | 89 | 1.5% | £144,638,719 | 5.6% | 1625154 (5403942) | 553045 (133975-1550288) | Medical Research Council, 71.1 (49.1) |
| All NHS | 1192 | 19.7% | £161,254,059 | 6.2% | 135280 (399808) | 36661 (7405-115220) | Department of Health, 55.3 (34.3) |