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Beijing Aeronautical Science & Technology Research Institute (BASTRI) provides between GBP 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 to Imperial College London's Faculty of Engineering in 2019

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$2,309,383
Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•United KingdomDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United KingdomSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2019
Start (actual)
Jan 1, 2019
End (actual)
Jan 1, 2019

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Beijing Aeronautical Science & Technology Research Institute provided between to Imperial College London's Faculty of Engineering. More detailed locational information be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12233221

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

  • Beijing Aeronautical Science & Technology Research Institute

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Imperial College London

Loan description

Beijing Aeronautical Science & Technology Research Institute (BASTRI) provides between GBP 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 to Imperial College London's Faculty of Engineering in 2019

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2019, the Beijing Aeronautical Science & Technology Research Institute (BASTRI)— part of state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC)— provided between GBP 500,000 and 1,000,000 in funding to Imperial College London's Faculty of Engineering. The grant was likely used to fund research at the COMAC - Imperial Research Centre for Wing Technology of Commercial Aircraft, a collaboration between Imperial College London and the COMAC Beijing Aircraft Technology Research Institute (BATRI), which opened in 2019. The purpose of the institute is to design innovative aircraft wing design solutions.

Staff comments

1. AidData estimates the transaction amount at GBP 1,750,000— the mean of the funding range provided by the recipient.