"It's the first decision nationally recognizing the right to cultural expression, the right to cultural diversity within the arts funding decision making progress," she said.
"The careers of individuals are often dependent upon the funding decisions made in our office," she says.
But it's the funding decisions made today that will determine our ability to capitalize on these opportunities for years to come.
Measures of research productivity are increasingly used to determine how research should be evaluated and funding decisions made.
Applications in response to a particular commissioning brief were in direct competition with each other, and funding decisions made on the quality of the application alone, as other variables such as research question and study outline framework had been indicated by the brief.
Following the outcry, the European Commission called for an investigation to inquire whether the funding decision - made in Bulgaria - met its rules.
Items were excluded if they did not meet the following description: a description of a priority setting exercise in which a funding decision was made based on a set of explicitly-defined criteria.
The funding decision is made on what is essentially a different application, which is submitted after input from the shortlisting board, potentially correcting deficiencies in the original application so these results should be interpreted with caution.
"This is also a good deal for central government by removing the complex annual round of cross-subsidy decisions, making the funding system clearer and fairer.
However, the lack of transparency in the current CED-CCO decision-making process makes it difficult to fully understand and appreciate how funding decisions were made, why decisions took the time they did, and the potential influence of external factors such as media attention.
Funding decisions are made by the trust's board of directors.
