ESRC applicant-led: grow awards
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
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- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
- Award amount
- £100,000 – £500,000
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Eligible countries
- United Kingdom
Real odds
About 1 in 5 funded · 22% · Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), all funding decisions, 2024-25
Source: UKRI investment and outputs data, table 2.1
What this number means
This is the funder’s published average for the whole program in a past year, not a prediction for any one application. Targeted calls, resubmissions and how well a proposal fits all change the picture.
UKRI divides applications awarded by applications assessed in the financial year, across all of the council’s schemes (research grants, fellowships and directed calls).
2024-25: 369 funded out of 1,689.
The year before (2023-24): 34%.
Summary
Open UKRI funding opportunity · Grant. Open with no closing date. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/esrc-applicant-led-grow-awards/
Apply for funding to build the skills, experience and confidence to make a step-change in your research career. Grow awards support individuals at key career points to develop new capabilities or pivot in a new direction, strengthening the long-term capacity, adaptability and resilience of the UK’s social science research base.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £500,000. ESRC will fund 80% of the FEC. Projects can last between 18 months and five years.
What we're looking for Aim
A strong and internationally competitive social science research base is built on researchers having opportunities to develop new capabilities or pursue novel directions so they can maximise their full career potential. Grow awards enable researchers at three key career development and transition points to meaningfully strengthen or redirect their skills and experience:
- those establishing their independence as researchers
- those pivoting to a new social science discipline in a bold way
- those developing expertise in advanced or emerging methods, technologies or approaches needed to drive innovation in their field
This development of individuals will enhance the long-term capacity, adaptability and resilience of the UK’s social science research base.
Scope
Grow awards support researchers to make a meaningful step-change in their skills, experience and expertise in ways that can open up new opportunities for their field as well as support their individual career development. You will be looking to establish independence at an early research career stage, move within or into social science disciplines in a novel way, or build methodological and technical capabilities to support innovation in your field. By unlocking your potential to…
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