The following are examples of charts available on the Competitor Overview page:Image showing example chart from Competitor Overview dashboard

This chart displays the success rates by value of awards against applications, according to decision date financial year. The values shown here are the combined RCUK totals, comparing Imperial College against Cambridge, Manchester, Oxford and UCL

Image showing second example chart from Competitor Overview dashboardThe above bar chart displays the awarded budgets for financial year 2008/09 onwards from the selected funder (here EPSRC), comparing Imperial College against Cambridge, Manchester, Oxford and UCL.

The Competitor Overview page shows reports based on success, volumes and themes data freely available to the public, focusing on Imperial as well as Cambridge, Manchester, Oxford and UCL. The available reports are detailed in the following table:

ReportDescription
 Success Rates by Competitor  Displays the success rates by value of applications, according to decision date. This can be shown per individual research council or as a combined total
 Award Volumes by Theme  Displays the budgets awarded for a selected theme (or keyword), theme group or theme top group. This is from financial year 2007/08 onwards
 Award Volumes by Academic and Theme  Displays the top 10 academics according to sum of active awards per selected research theme group
 Research Income by Competitor  Displays the total academic research grants and contracts income (i.e. expenditure) as reported in the annual HESA returns. This can be viewed at institution level, funding source level, HESA cost centre level, or funding source and cost centre level
 Award Volumes by Competitor  Displays the awarded budgets for financial year 2008/09 onwards (depending on availability) from the selected funder
 Top 20 Awards since 2012/13  Displays the top 20 awards according to award value from years 2012/13 onwards
 
Summary of the table's contents

Many of these charts allow drilling through to more detail, and can then be exported if required.