§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when the interdisciplinary research centres were last reviewed; and if he will make a stateme nt. [29860]
§ Mr. HoramA list of the interdisciplinary research centres is as shown, indicating when they were last reviewed. Reviews are conducted by the funding research councils, as part of each council's normal funding review programme and according to each council's normal monitoring and evaluation review processes.
Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IRCs) and Their Last Review Funding body Title Location Last review date BBSRC BBSRC IRC for Biochemical Engineering UCL March 1995 BBSRC Centre for Genome Research Edinburgh October 1993 BBSRC Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences (Joint EPSRC/MRC) Oxford October 1992 BBSRC Sussex Centre for Neuroscience Sussex July 1993 MRC Research Centre in Brain and Behaviour Oxford — MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology UCL — MRC Centre for Mechanisms of Human Toxicity Leicester — MRC Cambridge Centre for Protein Engineering Cambridge May 1994 MRC Institute of Molecular Medicine Oxford — MRC IRC in Brain Repair Cambridge — NERC Centre for Population Biology Imperial April 1993 EPSRC Optoelectronics Southampton April 1994 EPSRC Semi-conductor Materials Imperial/UCL/ Oxford/Sheffield April 1994 EPSRC Superconductivity Cambridge April 1995 EPSRC Materials for High Performance Applications Birmingham/Swansea April 1994 EPSRC Surface Science Liverpool/Manchester April 1993 EPSRC Process Systems Engineering Imperial/UCL August 1993 EPSRC Polymer Science and Technology Leeds/Bradford /Durham March 1994 ESRC Research Centre on Micro Social Change in Britain Essex May 1993 ESRC Human Communication Research Centre Edinburgh/Glasgow May 1993 ESRC Centre for Economic Performance LSE February 1995
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the interdisciplinary research centres in order of date of establishment; and what plans he has to review or extend them. [29861]
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§ Mr. HoramThe interdisciplinary research centres are as listed, in order of date of establishment, showing next planned review dates. These reviews, which are part of the research councils' normal evaluation and review processes, include consideration for extending funding.
Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IRCs) and their Next Planned Review Dates Funding body Title Date of establishment Next planned review date EPSRC Superconductivity 1987 — EPSRC Surface Science 1988 in progress BBSRC Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences (Joint EPSRC/MRC) 1988 1996–97 EPSRC Semi-conductor Materials 1988 October 1995 EPSRC Polymer Science and Technology 1989 1996 ESRC Human Communication Research Centre 1989 September 1997 ESRC Research Centre on Micro Social Change in Britain 1989 September 1997 EPSRC Optoelectronics 1989 1996 EPSRC Process Systems Engineering 1989 December 1995 EPSRC Materials for High Performance Applications 1989 1996 NERC Centre for Population Biology 1989 April 1998 MRC Institute of Molecular Medicine 1989 October 1995 BBSRC Centre for Genome Research 1990 1997 ESRC Centre for Economic Performance 1990 September 1998 MRC Cambridge Centre for Protein Engineering 1990 1998–99 BBSRC Sussex Centre for Neuroscience 1991 1997 EPSRC Biomedical Materials 1991 1996 MRC Research Centre in Brain and Behaviour 1991 March 1996 BBSRC BBSRC IRC for Biochemical Engineering 1991 1999 MRC IRC in Brain Repair 1992 1996–97 MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology 1993 1995–96 MRC Centre for Mechanisms of Human Toxicity 1993 1997–98