2. IAU GENERAL CONFERENCE
Sir Howard Newby

3. How and where are dominant funding
models steering HE & Research?
• The approach of research funders in the UK, EU and USA
• Top down
• Programmatic
• Multi-disciplinary
• Collaboration
• The global context
• Changing nature of HE
• Economic uncertainty
• Grand Challenges

4. The UK
• The UK context
• Historical growth in public funding
• Increased accountability
• HE as service provider
• How research is funded
• The four main sources
• The Dual Support System
• Funding excellence; selection; competition
• The political context
• Government policy and strategy
• The Grand Challenges – 6 major themes.

5. EUROPE
WITH A FOCUS ON THE EU
• European Context
• European model of HE – a changing picture.
• How EU governing bodies view national policy
• The European Union
• An increase in funding
• Framework Programmes:- Horizon 2020
• The Grand Challenges – 6 Societal Challenges.
• Impact on European HE
• Importance of EU funding
• Administrative burden
• Indirect Costs

6. The USA
• The American Context
• The American ecosystem
• Challenging funding environment
• Political and Strategic Vacuum
• Grand Challenges – National Goals
• The Impact on universities
• Unstable funding sources
• Concentration of research into fewer but larger institutions
• Uncertain future for many

7. Concluding Thoughts
• How are current dominant funding models steering HE & Research:-
• Top down
• Programmatic
• Multi-disciplinary
• Collaboration
• Differing political and strategic context
• UK, EU, USA
• How will we meet these challenges and shape the agenda?