UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept

Open UKRI funding opportunity · Grant. Open with no closing date. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/ukri-translation-ahrc-proof-of-concept/

Apply to UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept, which supports arts and humanities activity that translate previously funded Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) or UKRI projects into real world economic, societal, cultural or policy impact.

These awards focus on knowledge exchange, translation, commercialisation, entrepreneurial skills and venture building to maximise the reach and application of arts and humanities research.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.

The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £150,000. AHRC will fund 80% of the FEC. Funding for projects can be up to five years in duration.

What we're looking for Scope

Your proposed activities should galvanise arts and humanities research previously funded by AHRC or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to deliver meaningful real-world change through significant economic, social, cultural, or policy impact.

UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept funding opportunity aims to:

- facilitate ambitious arts and humanities projects to realise measurable, real-world change

- provide flexible support for innovative pathways to impact, whether projects are pivoting to new contexts and collaborations, amplifying existing impact activity or at the early stage of developing commercialisation outcomes

- sustain and maximise excellent models of co-design, co-development and partnership working to deliver tangible outputs that demonstrate the transformational benefits of arts and humanities research

- encourage and enable a range of pathways to impact between arts and humanities research and a variety of user communities, including business, third sector and heritage sector, public policy, voluntary and community groups, or the general public

- celebrate and support meaningful arts and…