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HM Treasury’s decision in 1999 to allocate funding of £65 million to the Cambridge-MIT Institute
15 August 2005
Request:
Request for any documents, reports, assessments, or discussions relating to the Treasury’s decision in 1999 to allocate £65 million to the partnership between Cambridge University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US.
Disclosure:
1. Letter of 3 September 1998 from HM Treasury to MIT enclosing background note on objectives and possible options for a UK collaboration with MIT
2. Fax of 2 February 1999 from Cambridge University to HM Treasury with initial project plan and budget for the Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI)
3. Background paper of 7 May 1999 from HM Treasury on knowledge transfer initiatives in the UK and US
4. Letter of 21 May 1999 from Cambridge University to HM Treasury regarding amended proposals for CMI
5. New proposal from CMI of 25 May 1999
6. Fax of 16 June 1999 from MIT to HM Treasury enclosing draft Cambridge-MIT Memorandum of Intent (marked “effective July 2 1999”)
7. Draft Memorandum of Intent of 22 July 1999 (marked “effective 1 August 1999”)
8. Revised draft Memorandum of Intent of 2 September 1999, marked “effective 1 August 1999”
9. Draft letter of 1 November 1999 from Chancellor to MIT regarding agreement on collaboration, and draft Memorandum of Intent
10. Letter of 4 November 1999 from Chancellor to MIT on HMT funding commitment for CMI, and framework agreement
11. Transcript of press conference of 8 November 1999 announcing the CMI partnership
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