Table 1.

Details of ISRIA 2017 faculty member organisations interviewed in convenience sample

Organisation name	Organisation type and/or remit	Year established	Approximate 2016–17 research spend (UK£ millions equivalent)a	Website	Area(s) of research spend and/or activity
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation	Federal government research funder (Australia)	1916	660	https://www.csiro.au/	Cross-disciplinary, supporting activities themed by societal challenge areas
Alberta Innovates	Regional government research funder (Alberta, Canada)	2010 (formerly Alberta Innovates: Health Solutions)	175	https://albertainnovates.ca/	Cross-disciplinary, supporting activities themed by sectoral focus areas
Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia	Regional government agency specialising in data assessment and analysis (Catalonia, Spain)	1991	Not applicable (provides analytical and strategic function for regional government research funding)	http://aquas.gencat.cat/ca/inici/index.html	Advisory and strategic role, focussing on health and care research, health technology research, health systems, health innovation, and public procurement
Novo Nordisk Foundation	Independent philanthropic foundation with corporate interests	1927	505	http://novonordiskfonden.dk/da	Underpins commercial and research activities of Novo Group companies, and provides grants to support scientific, social and humanitarian causes

^aConverted into equivalent UK£ at Sept 2018 exchange rates