Guidance

ESRC research funding guide

The Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) research funding guide provides information on all aspects of research grant funding for applicants

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Documents

ESRC research funding guide: for Je-S applications (PDF)

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Details

The guide to use depends on which service you are using to apply for a funding opportunity.

If you are applying through the:

  • Joint Electronic Submissions (Je-S) system, use ‘ESRC research funding guide: for Je-S applications’
  • UKRI Funding Service, use the ‘ESRC research funding guide for the UKRI Funding Service’

These guides give details of the arrangements and procedures for ESRC research grants, together with a summary of proposal procedures.

They cover:

  • the type of funding opportunities ESRC offers
  • eligibility for funding
  • evaluation
  • how to apply
  • the costs that grants cover
  • how proposals are assessed
  • what happens with successful proposals

Updates

  • 26 June 2023
    Following updates made to ESRC research funding guide for the UKRI Funding Service: statements added confirming rejection of applications which do not comply with the rules of the opportunity; section added on flexible funding pots; disclaimers added confirming that business project co-leads cannot claim estates or indirect costs for ESRC opportunities.
  • 23 June 2023
    ESRC research funding guide: for Je-S applications document has been updated with: notification at the start of the document to indicate this guidance is for applicants using Je-S. Guidance for applicants using the UKRI Funding Service can be found on the website; guidance on Flexible Funding Pots added to the other directly incurred costs section.
  • 12 June 2023
    Latest version of the 'ESRC research funding guide: for Je-S applications document' added.
  • 9 June 2023
    Minor wording changes and updated links in the HTML document
  • 25 May 2023
    Added the HTML document 'ESRC research funding guide for the UKRI Funding Service'.
  • 21 April 2023
    Update to the extensions notification requirement and additional transfers guidance added.
  • 1 February 2023
    Latest version of document added.
  • 25 November 2022
    Latest version of document added.
  • 22 April 2022
    Latest version of document added
  • 15 August 2022
    Latest version of document added

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