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Universities have been warned not to rush bids for the Pounds 600 million joint infrastructure fund.

In a letter to all vice-chancellors, the Wellcome Trust, which is ploughing Pounds 300 million into the fund designed to replace out-of-date and run-down university infrastructure and equipment, says it is "most concerned that many universities are attempting to prepare bids too hastily" in time for the first December 4 deadline. More than 40 separate university groups have begun work on the online JIF application form.