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UKRI ESRC funds world-leading research, data and training in the economic and social sciences. We are part of UK Research and Innovation (@UKRI_News).

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Natural Environment Research Council@NERCscience
6 Jan 2025
Apply for funding to develop partnerships and activities that contribute towards increasing diversity and inclusion in the NERC community. ⏰ Closes 1 April 2025. 🗓️Join our webinar on 22 January 2025 to learn more. For more information: orlo.uk/JEGQn
Funding opportunity Funding opportunity:Opening up the Environment 2025 Opportunity status: Open Funders: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Funding type: Grant Total fund: £1,000,000 Maximum award: £62,500 Publication date: 18 November 2024 Opening date: 18 November 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 1 April 2025 4:00pm UK time

ALT Funding opportunity Funding opportunity:Opening up the Environment 2025 Opportunity status: Open Funders: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Funding type: Grant Total fund: £1,000,000 Maximum award: £62,500 Publication date: 18 November 2024 Opening date: 18 November 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 1 April 2025 4:00pm UK time

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The Productivity Institute@TPIProductivity
17 Dec 2024
🎉 National Productivity Week is back! 🚀 Join us 27-31 January for events, seminars, and more! 💡 Curious about how your business can help lead the charge to a more productive UK? Find out more: eu1.hubs.ly/H0frSPl0 #NationalProductivityWeek
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2 Dec 2024
The deadline to apply for the “Envisioning Governance Systems that Work” Knowledge Synthesis Grants is December 12th. Up to 47 grants of up to $30K each are available to synthesize knowledge on this theme. Apply today! sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-fin… @cihr_irsc @esrc @ahrcpress
“Envisioning Governance Systems That Work” on a digital network background, with logos for UKRI, AHRC, ESRC, and the Government of Canada.

ALT “Envisioning Governance Systems That Work” on a digital network background, with logos for UKRI, AHRC, ESRC, and the Government of Canada.

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COMING SOON: apply for funding for an interdisciplinary project to identify ways of supporting economic activity in places experiencing high rates of ill-health, disability, and informal (unpaid) care in the UK. Opens on 3 February 2025. More: orlo.uk/qzni4
Funding opportunity Funding opportunity: Pre-announcement: UKRI Creating opportunities: rethinking economic (in)activity Opportunity status: Upcoming Funders: UK Research and Innovation, 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), Innovate UK, Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Funding type: Grant Total fund: £1,200,000 Maximum award: £1,200,000 Publication date: 2 December 2024 Opening date: 3 February 2025 9:00am UK time Closing date: 6 May 2025 4:00pm UK time

ALT Funding opportunity Funding opportunity: Pre-announcement: UKRI Creating opportunities: rethinking economic (in)activity Opportunity status: Upcoming Funders: UK Research and Innovation, 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), Innovate UK, Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Funding type: Grant Total fund: £1,200,000 Maximum award: £1,200,000 Publication date: 2 December 2024 Opening date: 3 February 2025 9:00am UK time Closing date: 6 May 2025 4:00pm UK time

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Centre for Young Lives@CfYoungLives
29 Nov 2024
The 11th report in our year-long series with ⁦@ChildoftheNort1⁩ out today warns thousands of vulnerable children are at risk of criminal exploitation and urges Government to roll out its Young Futures programme in disadvantaged areas 👇 centreforyounglives.org.uk/n…

Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives report warns thousands of vulnerable children at risk of...

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Natural Environment Research Council@NERCscience
27 Nov 2024
Apply for funding to develop partnerships and activities that contribute towards increasing diversity and inclusion in the NERC community. ⏰ Closes 1 April 2025. 🗓️Join our webinar on 22 January 2025 to learn more. For more information: orlo.uk/l6xOl
Funding opportunity Funding opportunity:Opening up the Environment 2025 Opportunity status: Open Funders: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Funding type: Grant Total fund: £1,000,000 Maximum award: £62,500 Publication date: 18 November 2024 Opening date: 18 November 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 1 April 2025 4:00pm UK time

ALT Funding opportunity Funding opportunity:Opening up the Environment 2025 Opportunity status: Open Funders: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Funding type: Grant Total fund: £1,000,000 Maximum award: £62,500 Publication date: 18 November 2024 Opening date: 18 November 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 1 April 2025 4:00pm UK time

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Centre for Sociodigital Futures (CenSoF)@SociodigFutures
20 Nov 2024
Can AI detect how you feel? What are the challenges of reading our emotions? And does this tech offer help or harm? In our latest blog @S_A_R_Lab reflects on a public demo of emotion reading tech and consider some of the questions it poses. Read sociodigitalfutures.blogs.br…
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Centre for Care@CentreForCare
21 Nov 2024
We have published another report today in collaboration with @CarersUK for #carersrightsday, looking at the value of #unpaidcare in all four nations of the UK, estimated to be a staggering £184 billion per year. Read this report here: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/…
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Last night we announced the winners of the 2024 #ImpactPrize Awards🏆 The awards are a chance to celebrate and honour researchers who are working to make real-world impact and meaningful change. Congratulations to all the finalists! Meet our winners below 🧵1/
ESRC Executive Chair, Stian Westlake speaking at the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize Awards 2024. Credit: Anthony Sajdler

ALT ESRC Executive Chair, Stian Westlake speaking at the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize Awards 2024. Credit: Anthony Sajdler

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You can watch our winners and finalist’s videos on our YouTube playlist: orlo.uk/p8pFp Find out more about our winners: ukri.org/news/esrc-announces… 7/

The ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2024

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This year’s winner of Outstanding Societal is The Post Office Scandal led by Project Professor @RichardMoorhead for 'The Post Office Scandal: Lawyers’ Ethics and Ruined Lives'. Congratulations! 🎉6/
Outstanding Societal Impact winners, Professor Richard Moorhead, University of Exeter, and The Post Office Scandal Project team. Image credit: Anthony Sajdler

ALT Outstanding Societal Impact winners, Professor Richard Moorhead, University of Exeter, and The Post Office Scandal Project team. Image credit: Anthony Sajdler
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This year’s winner of Outstanding Public Policy is Professor Charlotte O'Brien (@CR_OBrien) for 'Supporting strategic litigation to secure EU nationals’ post-Brexit rights'. (@EURightsHub) Congratulations! 🎉5/
Outstanding Public Policy Impact winner Professor Charlotte O’Brien, University of York. Image credit: Anthony Sajdler

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This year’s winner of Outstanding International is the OSR4Rights research group (@osr4rights) led by Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees for 'Strengthening the use of open source research in human rights investigations'. Congratulations! 🎉4/
Outstanding International Impact winners, Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees, Swansea University, and the OSR4Rights research group. Image credit: Anthony Sajdler

ALT Outstanding International Impact winners, Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees, Swansea University, and the OSR4Rights research group. Image credit: Anthony Sajdler
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This year’s winner of Outstanding Early Career is Dr @TimoLeiter for 'Better prepared: New global targets strengthen climate adaptation and resilience'. Congratulations! 🎉3/
Outstanding Early Career Impact winner, Dr Timo Leiter, London School of Economics and Political Science. Image credit: Anthony Sajdler

ALT Outstanding Early Career Impact winner, Dr Timo Leiter, London School of Economics and Political Science. Image credit: Anthony Sajdler
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This year’s winner of Outstanding Business and Enterprise is the Digit work time reduction team led by Professor @BrendanBurchell with Dr @_davidfrayne for 'Improving productivity and well-being with a four-day working week'. Congratulations! 🎉2/
Outstanding Business and Enterprise Impact winner, Professor Brendan Burchell and Dr David Frayne, and the Digit working time reduction team. Image credit: Anthony Sajdler

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There's still time to apply! We are launching an £11.5m investment with @SciTechgovuk to fund the development and management of a global evidence synthesis infrastructure. Apply now: orlo.uk/d7qFp Closes 12 Dec
Text extract from the UKRI website which reads: Transforming global evidence: AI-driven evidence synthesis for policymaking Apply for funding to develop and administer a global evidence synthesis infrastructure. This infrastructure will significantly increase capability in researcher and AI-driven evidence synthesis for policymaking. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding. Opportunity status: Open Funders: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Funding type: Other Total fund: £11,500,000 Publication date: 19 September 2024 Opening date: 19 September 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 12 December 2024 4:00pm UK time

ALT Text extract from the UKRI website which reads: Transforming global evidence: AI-driven evidence synthesis for policymaking Apply for funding to develop and administer a global evidence synthesis infrastructure. This infrastructure will significantly increase capability in researcher and AI-driven evidence synthesis for policymaking. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding. Opportunity status: Open Funders: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Funding type: Other Total fund: £11,500,000 Publication date: 19 September 2024 Opening date: 19 September 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 12 December 2024 4:00pm UK time

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Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre@VP_Centre
19 Nov 2024
Local police services across Britain are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service delivery, according to a new @VP_Centre report, which our Co-Director @Crawford1Adam will speak about at the APCC NPCC Summit today 🧵 1/8 vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk…

Police are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service, researchers find - Vulnerab...

Police services across Britain are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service delivery, according to a new Centre report.

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The Productivity Institute@TPIProductivity
4 Nov 2024
🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS The Productivity Institute is hosting an international research conference on Productivity on 4–5 September 2025. The deadline for paper/abstract submissions is 31 January. Find out more: eu1.hubs.ly/H0drNdn0
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The 2024 #ImpactPrize Awards are just a few days away!🎉 Recently we’ve shared the incredible stories of our finalists and their projects. You can find all of the films in this playlist:orlo.uk/p8pFp Stay tuned for later this week when we announce the winners!

The ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2024

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Stian Westlake
@stianwestlake
15 Nov 2024
The UK government has ambitious plans for a National Data Library, and a lot of the important technical choices remain to be made. Together with @wellcometrust, @esrc is running a Technical White Paper challenge to invite proposals for how to make it work best!
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