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UK-US new directions for digital scholarship in cultural institutions: level two

Apply for up to £250,000 to advance digital scholarship in cultural institutions.

Project teams must include UK and US research organisations and cultural institutions, and must focus on one of the following:

  • organising, creating and interrogating all collection types
  • evolving institutions for the 21st century
  • fostering digitally enabled equitable participation.

Projects can last up to 36 months.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), US
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£250,000
Publication date:
30 March 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Clean maritime demonstration: strand 1

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million for innovative clean maritime and smart shipping projects.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Transport (DfT)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£10,000,000
Publication date:
26 March 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

ESRC-ADR UK No.10 data science fellowships 2021

Apply for funding to spend a year collaborating with 10 Downing Street’s data science team (10DS) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

You will:

  • co-design analytical projects with 10DS and the ONS
  • produce analysis using new and existing datasets that shows the potential of linked data to inform government decision-making.

You must:

  • have a PhD or equivalent experience
  • be a social science-focused researcher based at an eligible UKRI research organisation
  • have relevant quantitative analytical experience.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Co-funders:
Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Maximum award:
£135,000
Publication date:
24 March 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Education research director opportunity

Apply for funding to develop and direct ESRC’s future research programme on education. This will focus on the role of teachers and technology in learning and teaching.

You must:

  • be based at an eligible UK research organisation
  • have experience in a similar leadership role
  • have experience of building effective stakeholder relationships
  • have a clear vision of how you will deliver this role.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,250,000
Maximum award:
£1,250,000
Publication date:
18 March 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Recovery, renewal and resilience in a post-pandemic world

Apply for funding to investigate how COVID-19 will affect society in the medium and long term.

You must apply as part of a transnational partnership of at least 3 members.

ESRC and AHRC are providing this opportunity as part of the Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP). Your partners must be from other countries taking part in this funding opportunity.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
15 other funders from 11 countries across Europe, the Americas and Africa
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£4,200,000
Maximum award:
£310,000
Publication date:
17 March 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Citizen science for food standards challenges

Apply for funding for a pilot project investigating the Food Standards Agency’s areas of research interest themes. Your project must use citizen science research methods.

To lead a proposal, you must be based at a UK research organisation. You can be from any discipline across the BBSRC and ESRC remits.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK Research and Innovation
Co-funders:
Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£200,000
Maximum award:
£32,000
Publication date:
12 March 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Transformations: social and cultural dynamics in the digital age

Apply for funding to understand how digital innovations affect social and cultural changes and are influenced by society and culture.

You must be a UK applicant. Research areas must be within ESRC or AHRC’s remit.

€750,000 is available. Projects start in September or October 2022 and will last 24 to 36 months.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
Austrian Science Fund, Fund for Scientific Research, The Research Foundation – Flanders, Bulgarian National Science Fund, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Croatian Science Foundation, Czech Academy of Sciences, Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science, Estonian Research Council, Academy of Finland, DLR Project Management Agency on behalf of BMBF, National Research, Development and Innovation Office, The Icelandic Centre for Research, State Education Development Agency, Research Council of Lithuania, The Luxembourg National Research Fund, The Research Council of Norway, National Science Centre, Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovenian Research Agency, Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Forte, The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, Swiss National Science Foundation.
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
9 March 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

ISCF future flight research director 2021

Apply to become an Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) research director for the future flight challenge.

You must be based at an eligible UK research organisation.

You will help the economic and social research communities make a significant contribution to the aviation sector.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£190,000
Publication date:
8 March 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

MRC neurosciences and mental health new investigator research grants: Sep 2021

Funding is available from MRC’s Neurosciences and Mental Health Board to support researchers ready to progress to independence through their first major grant as a principal investigator.

There is no limit to the funding that you can request. This funding opportunity runs three times every year.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
3 March 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

BBSRC enterprise fellowships

Apply for funding to create a business, building on your previous BBSRC-funded research.

The fellowship provides:

  • a year’s salary
  • access to mentors, business experts and professional advisors
  • tailored business training.

This opportunity is open to UK researchers.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
2 March 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

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