Corporate report

Annex A: external research funding 2019 to 2020

Updated 25 May 2021

Breakdown of research funding awarded to Public Health England (PHE) each year.

Funding source 2013 to 2014 (£m) 2014 to 2015 (£m) 2015 to 2016 (£m) 2016 to 2017 (£m) 2017 to 2018 (£m) 2018 to 2019 (£m) 2019 to 2020 (£m)
DHSC, including NIHR (via open competition) 1.6 6.2 5.0 4.0 3.7 5.1 4.1
Funding from other government departments (via open competition) 3.3 2.3 2.5 2.9 6.7 4.2 4.0
UK higher education institutions 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0 0 0
UK businesses 1.6 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.6 1.2 1.2
Not-for-profit organisations 1.8 2.9 1.5 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.8
European Commission programmes 3.1 3.3 4.6 2.6 3.1 1.4 1.3
Other international funding (including non-UK government) 8.5 5.9 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.5 2.7
Total 20.2 22.0 20.5 17.4 19.4 17.2 14.1