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NERC financial information

A high-level summary of NERC's key financial facts and figures is given below. For more detailed information see the NERC annual accounts, contained in our annual report.

Separate pages in this section provide summary information on NERC's finances with respect to:


Financial Summary 2008-09
Category Total
Income grant-in-aid £402·3m
External funding* £52·7m
Total NERC staff 2,448
Staff in HEIs† employed on research grants 1,216
Fellows 98
PhD students 1,032
Masters students‡ 335

* This includes external research funding plus other operating income including data sales
† Higher education institutions
‡ Some are only 50% funded by NERC