ESRC Responsive Mode: Secondary Data Analysis (Round Two)

UK Research and Innovation – Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Short grants to deliver high-quality social science research through analysis of existing datasets. Useful for social work and social policy researchers working with administrative, cohort or survey data.

Indicative award

up to $381k (total award)Page publishes up to £300,000 full economic cost, ESRC funding 80% of FEC; no minimum is stated. USD maximum is an approximate conversion of the published GBP ceiling.

Timing

Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Open, no closing date; rolling submission with regular decision points. Projects up to 24 months.

Who can apply

Any faculty rank, Early-career faculty, Postdoctoral, Mid-career & senior

Eligibility

Project lead must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding; international project leads ineligible, international co-leads permitted. Any career stage. Social sciences must be more than 50% of the research focus and effort.

SSWR clusters

Topics

secondary data analysis · administrative data · social science research

Apply at

https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/esrc-responsive-mode-secondary-data-analysis-round-two/

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ESRC Responsive Mode: Secondary Data Analysis (Round Two)

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