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ESRC executive chair Stian Westlake discusses supporting research on research
Top tips
- The research areas listed are not restrictive, but applicants working outside them should explain why their area is relevant to the listed ones.
- All proposals must have a pathway to impact, and this will require partnerships.
- Applicants are encouraged to look beyond the UK for collaborations.
- Applicants should not put their own interests first, but “work backwards from a real problem and then design research to address it”.
UK Research and Innovation has a total of £5 million to disburse for projects that hold the potential to inform and improve research and development practice, and policy in science.