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is a rough outline to some of the major funding available in the Social
Sciences, check the sponsors website for closing dates and full details.
Please select to go straight to:
| AHRC - Arts & Humanities Research Council |
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Remit: See Eligibility for subject areas
Standard schemes:
| Research Grants - Standard route |
£20,000 - £1,000,000 FEC, up to 5 years. OPEN call |
| Research Grants - Early Career route |
£20,000 - £200,000 FEC, up to 5 years. OPEN call |
| Research Networking Scheme |
For networks, workshops or seminars. Up to £30,000 FEC (additional £15,000 to cover international participants/activities), up to 2 years . OPEN call |
| Fellowship Scheme - Standard & Early Career |
MAX £120,000 FEC for salary and associated costs, 3-9 months. OPEN call |
| Follow on Funding (Pilot scheme) |
Supports engagement with non-HEI partners, based on research previously funded by the AHRC. Max £120,000 FEC, up to 12 months. OPEN call |
AHRC Electronic application: JeS
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| British
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| Remit:
Humanities & the Social Sciences
Standard schemes:
| Postdoctoral Fellowship |
3 year Felowships, FEC. Deadline for outline applications is usually in October. |
| Mid-Career Fellowship |
£160,000 FEC. 6-12 months funding available. Deadline for outline usually March and November. |
| BA / Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship |
Replacement teaching costs, 1 year. (not FEC) Deadline is usually in November |
| Small Research Grant |
Up to £10,000 research expenses. Deadlines usually in March and November. |
The BARDA scheme, Overseas Conference Grants and Conference Support Grants have been discontinued.
See also International section and Special Funds
British Academy electronic application: e-GAP2
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| ESRC - Economic & Social Research Council |
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| Thematic Priorities 2011-2015:
- Economic Performance & Sustainable Growth - enable the development of robust government and private sector strategies to ensure the sustainable growth of the UK economy
- Influencing Behaviour and Informing Interventions - Create a better understanding of how and why prople and organisations make decisions, and how these can be managed or influences
- A Vibrant and Fair Society - Develop ways to enhance the role and contributions of citizens, voluntary sector organisations and social enterprises to create a vibrant national and global society.
The ESRC have made some changes to their funding schemes - a number of schemes have closed (Small Grants, Post-doc and mid-career fellowships) and other schemes have been subject to revisons, as below.
Standard schemes:
| Standard grants |
£200,000 - £2,000,000, OPEN call. |
| Large grants and centres |
The ESRC will be integrating their large grants and centre competitions. More information will be available shortly. |
| Future Leaders Scheme |
This will replace the postdoctoral fellowships and First Grants scheme. More information should be available in Spring 2011. |
| Professorial Fellowship Scheme |
3 years, up to a maximum of 0.6FTE per year. |
| Seminars Competition |
Non-FEC up to £15,000 |
Collaborations and partnerships - The ESRC encourages collaborative work with a range of schemes and initiatives, including international programmes and Knowledge Exchange opportunites. More information can be found here:
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding-and-guidance/collaboration/
ESRC Electronic application: JeS |
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| EPSRC – Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council |
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| Remit:
- Information & Communications Technology
- Materials, Mechanical & Medical Engineering
- Mathematical Sciences
- Physical Sciences; Chemisty, Materials & Physics
- Process, Environment & Sustainability
Funding:
Research Grants
| Research Base Funding |
No limit on value or length, OPEN call |
| First Grant Scheme |
For new researchers, OPEN call |
Fellowship
Also New Ideas and Networking, Research Capacity, Public Engagement and Connecting with Business. And Highlighted Priorities - Signposted
EPSRC Elctronic Application - Je-S
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| Leverhulme
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| Remit: All subject areas, except social policy & Medicine
Funding: the main schemes are listed below
Grants - two stage application procedure
| Research Project Grants |
Up to 3 years, £10,000 - £250,000; Up to 5 years, £250,000 - £500,000, three deadlines per year. |
| Programme Awards |
Up to 5 years, £1,750,000 max. Call date & topic set by funder. |
| International Networks |
UP to 3 years, max £125,000, three deadlines per year. |
| Artists in Residence |
UP to £15,000 for 10 months, two deadlines per year. |
Fellowships
| Early Career Fellowship |
2-3yrs, 50% salary cost (to be matched by HEI) plus research expenses. |
| Study Abroad Fellowship |
3-12 months, up to £22,000, replacement teaching & research expenses |
| Research Fellowship |
3-24 months, up to £45,000, replacement teaching & research expenses |
| Major Research Fellowship in the Humanities & Social Science |
2-3yrs, replacement teaching & research expenses |
| Visiting Professorship |
3-10 month visit to UK, travel costs & some expenses |
And the yearly Philip Leverhulme Prizes, different topics each year, deadline usually in May.
For a full list of all schemes click here: http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/funding.cfm
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The Nuffield
Foundation has Project Grants in Social Policy
The Joint Information Systems Committee, JICS supports education and research by promoting innovative in new technologies and ICT services.
The European
7th Framework Programme has call lines for “Information
& Communication Technologies”, “Energy” " Transport" and “Socio-economic science & the humanities”.
The Wellcome Trust has calls in Medical History & Humanities and Ethics & Society.
Use the Research Funding Database to find Charity & Government funding under your
subject area(s)
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