Rejected donations, gifts, grants and research funding

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Dear University of Winchester,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

For the financial years 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and available data for 2017/2018, I would like to be provided with details on donations, gifts, grants and research funding that have been rejected by the university.

For each rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the following information:

- The date the university rejected such donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The sum and description of the rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The reasons why the donation, gift, grant and research funding was rejected

For each rejection, please also provide further information regarding where the awarded donation, gift, grant and research funding came from:

- If it was an individual, please provide the full name and title of the individual who awarded the donation, gift, grant and research funding, as well as the country that the person is based in.
- If it was a government department or government ministry that awarded the donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the name of that government department or ministry, as well as the country that government department or ministry is based in.
- If it was a company that awarded the donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the name of that company, as well as the country that the company is registered in.
- If it was a foundation that awarded the donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the name of that foundation, as well as the country that the foundation is based in.
- If it was a charity that awarded the donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the name of that charity, as well as the country that the charity is based in.
- If it was a group of individuals or government officials or companies or foundations or charities that awarded the donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the full name of the group, as well as additional information on who or what that group is composed of and what country they’re based in.

I would like to receive the information electronically. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad or too vague, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request.

Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Jenna Corderoy

David.Farley, University of Winchester

 

 

This is not information that we would collate.  If a gift is accepted then
it would be accounted for, but we have no mechanism that would capture
rejected donations or the rationale involved.

 

 

David Farley

FOI Officer

University of Winchester

Sparkford Road

Winchester

Hampshire

SO22 4NR

 

 

 

 

From: Jenna Corderoy <[1][FOI #428128 email]>
Date: 31 August 2017 at 11:53:00 GMT-4
To: FOI requests at University of Winchester <[2][University of Winchester request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Rejected donations, gifts,
grants and research funding

Dear University of Winchester,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

For the financial years 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016,
2016/2017 and available data for 2017/2018, I would like to be provided
with details on donations, gifts, grants and research funding that have
been rejected by the university.

For each rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding, please
provide the following information:

- The date the university rejected such donation, gift, grant and
research funding
- The sum and description of the rejected donation, gift, grant and
research funding
- The reasons why the donation, gift, grant and research funding was
rejected

For each rejection, please also provide further information regarding
where the awarded donation, gift, grant and research funding came from:

- If it was an individual, please provide the full name and title of the
individual who awarded the donation, gift, grant and research funding,
as well as the country that the person is based in.
- If it was a government department or government ministry that awarded
the donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the name
of that government department or ministry, as well as the country that
government department or ministry is based in.  
- If it was a company that awarded the donation, gift, grant and
research funding, please provide the name of that company, as well as
the country that the company is registered in.  
- If it was a foundation that awarded the donation, gift, grant and
research funding, please provide the name of that foundation, as well as
the country that the foundation is based in.  
- If it was a charity that awarded the donation, gift, grant and
research funding, please provide the name of that charity, as well as
the country that the charity is based in.  
- If it was a group of individuals or government officials or companies
or foundations or charities that awarded the donation, gift, grant and
research funding, please provide the full name of the group, as well as
additional information on who or what that group is composed of and what
country they’re based in.

I would like to receive the information electronically. If you feel that
a substantive response to this request is not possible within a
reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad or too vague, I would
be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I
could refine the request.

Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Jenna Corderoy

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