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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Whose decision was it to spend those millions? Ours or theirs?
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It looks like, for the few I have looked at that it is like research council funding. The funding body decides the strategic direction and asks for applicants. These are then judged on their merits by independent fund governors. See EPSRC, BBSRC, NERC, etc. for more local examples.
For example, one big one close to me is funded by ECO-SEE which looks at green building design. Representatives from Skanska UK, The Building Research Establishment and a couple of UK universities are on the board. If it’s ‘our’ or ‘their’ decision, it’s neither.