
New Year Honours 2016
Ian Viney MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Research Funding and Evaluation.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Research Funding and Evaluation.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2015
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr. Ian Stuart VINEY
Director of Strategic Evaluation and Impact, Medical Research Council
For services to Research Funding and Evaluation.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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West Sussex
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“For services to Research Funding and Evaluation.”
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 573 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 39% of the list.
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1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454906. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (West Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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