Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Funding opportunities

Apply for funding to support short-term time-sensitive collection of data or samples or rapid turn-around research or analysis to either:

This is a rarely awarded emergency route for exceptional circumstances.

Applicants must be based at research organisations eligible for UKRI funding. Business-led proposals are not eligible for this funding.

Opportunity status:: Open
Funders:: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:: Grant
Maximum award:: £80,000
Publication date:: 6 January 2021
Opening date:: 5 January 2021
Closing date:: Open - no closing date

Apply for a postdoctoral fellowship to develop:

You must:

have completed your PhD at a research organisation that is part of a Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)
be within 12 months of passing your viva voce.

Fellowships must be held at a Research Organisation that is part of a DTP and aligned to an accredited pathway.

Social sciences must make up at least 50% of your fellowship activities.

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