FINANCES

The operation of MERLIN and VLBI as a National Facility is funded by a special rolling grant awarded by PPARC to the University of Manchester. The grant holder is Professor A. G. Lyne, the Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, and the value of the current award is £4,471,288 for the period October 1999 to September 2001. The disposition of the budget is shown below, together with a breakdown of staff support by activity area. Specific provision is included within the grant for the UK contributions to the cost of VLBI support activities at JIVE, the employment of a European CRAF frequency protection manager and the temporary appointment of a MERLIN data archivist.

PPARC Research Grant
PPA/G/O/1998/00687

Spend Profile

Staff Activity

The National Facility is now benefitting from infrastructure improvements funded by a special £996,066 restructuring grant, the work programme of which will be completed in September 2001.

PPARC Research Grant PPA/G/O/1997/00189