Research centres competition
Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:17:32 GMT
The Economic and Social Research Council invites applications for its research centres competition. This supports innovative new research addressing any major social and economic topic. Research centre funding is aimed at experienced research leaders who require longer-term or extended support for research groups, inter-institutional research networks, project-linked programmes, medium-to-large surveys, other infrastructure or methodological developments, or any related larger-scale projects.
Funding should contribute to high-impact investments over the longer term.
The centres must:
- provide scientifically coherent programmes of research aimed at driving forward innovations in social science theory, the development and application of novel research methods, data sources and practical application;
- be international or national centres of excellence for social science research, where researchers can collaborate on long-term projects;
- make significant contributions to scientific, economic or social impact;
- involve potential users of research and take advantage of international collaborative or comparative opportunities;
- support active career development programmes aimed at building research capacity.
Researchers at eligible UK research organisations may apply as the lead applicant.
Grants are worth between £2.5 million and £10m each at 80 per cent full economic cost.
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