Pre-announcement: ESRC applicant-led: challenge awards
Ref: GRT-EF8K07F9
Funding Available
Between £2,000,000 and £10,000,000
UK Wide
All Sectors
Not specified
Grants & Funding
About This Grant
Apply for funding to bring people, expertise and ideas together in ambitious, larger-scale programmes. Challenge awards tackle major research, economic and societal challenges, generating impactful new knowledge and innovation.
What Can It Fund?
- Bringing people expertise and ideas together in ambitious larger-scale programmes
- Tackling major research economic and societal challenges
- Generating impactful new knowledge and innovation
Funding Source
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
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