Exhibit 33 Public and charitable funding body support for external activities (% of respondents) 50
40
30
20
10
0 Research Councils
NGO and Charitable Organisations
Funding Councils
Innovate UK
EU
BIS
NIHR and NHS
None of the Above
Other
The importance of funding for external engagement differs by disciplinary field. Exhibit 34 provides a comparison by discipline of respondents that report support through Research Councils, those that received other types of support (solely or in addition to Research Council funding) and those that received no support (see also Annex Exhibit D11 for detailed shares). It shows that the share of those that did not receive support for their interactions with external partners is highest in health sciences and arts and humanities (>55%) and social sciences (50%). Research Council funding is particularly important in engineering and materials science and in physics and mathematics where 53% and 46% respectively report some outreach support. In health science other funders are more often named and in biology, chemistry and veterinary science, social sciences and in arts and humanities, Research Councils and other sources are equally important. The share of respondents reporting financial support is highest for professors and for research fellows (Annex Exhibit D11).
Exhibit 34 Public and charitable funding body support for external activities by disciplinary field (% of respondents) Health Sciences 60 50 Social Sciences
40
Biology, Chemistry, Veterinary Science
30 20 10 0
Arts and Humanities
Physics, Mathematics
Engineering, Materials Science
Research Council
Other Public or Charitable Funding
45 ••
No Public or Charitable Funding