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What Works Centre (WWC) for local employment support

Apply for funding to establish an independent What Works Centre (WWC) for local employment support.

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

Metascience sandpit: scientometrics for research assessment

Apply to attend a four-day interactive sandpit to co-develop research projects that develop, validate, and critique novel scientometric indicators for use in research assessment and in future metascience research.

The sandpit will take place in April 2026.


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