Pre-announcement: ESRC applicant-led: explore awards
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Funding Available
Between £300,000 and £2,000,000
UK Wide
All Sectors
Not specified
Grants & Funding
About This Grant
Apply for funding to advance knowledge through ambitious, curiosity-driven social science. The opportunity seeks creative, innovative, and bold proposals within ESRC’s remit that advance knowledge by pushing disciplinary, methodological, or conceptual boundaries.
What Can It Fund?
- Research
- Advancing knowledge
- Methodological development
- Conceptual development
Funding Source
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
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