Part 3: Research Funding and directions Section 101: Grants to UKRI from the Secretary of State
This section provides the Secretary of State with a grant funding power in relation to UKRI. The Secretary of State can make grants with terms and conditions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
	Subsections (2) and (3) place restrictions upon the terms and conditions that the Secretary of State can impose with respect to functions exercisable by Research England under section 97. Terms and conditions on grants may only be made if they constitute requirements to be met before the award of financial support and are applied to all other similar institutions. Further, grants cannot be framed by references to particular courses of study or programmes of research, or the criteria for the selection and appointment of academic staff or the admission of students. These restrictions reflect the restrictions placed upon the Secretary of State’s power to set terms and conditions when providing grants to HEFCE under section 68 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.
	Subsection (4) provides specific terms and conditions that, in particular, can be applied:
to provide for the allocation of a grant (in whole or in part) to a Council and for changes in that allocation;
to require repayment of financial support provided where terms and conditions are not followed by UKRI; and
to allow interest to be charged where UKRI owes money to the Secretary of State.
	When a grant is made to UKRI, the Secretary of State must publish the amount of the grant, any terms and conditions attached to it, and, if allocated to a specific Council, the name of the Council, and the amount that Council is to receive.
	This section forms part of the law of the United Kingdom.