Opportunity profile: Social science networks go green

First call from ESRC-funded Access Flex Fund asks early career researchers to take the lead

Top tips

• The scheme is looking for activities that would enhance the impact of the social sciences in tackling environmental problems
• Applicants should consider impact on other academic disciplines, as well as stakeholders external to academia
• Although these are small grants, bids should be ambitious and high-risk
• Make good use of the relatively long lead-in time before the submission deadline

Started in 2022, Access is a five-year climate and environment social science project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, and on 8 March it opened applications to the first round of grants from its Flex Fund.