Metascience research grants: round two
Funding
Up to £6,000,000
Deadline
Check with the funder
Location
England
Applications
Rolling applications
Overview
This grant funds research into how to make research and development more effective. You can get up to £6 million to study topics like artificial intelligence's impact on research or how to measure research quality. You must be based at a UK research organisation that can receive UKRI funding. This includes universities and research institutes. The funding covers cutting-edge metascience research projects. There is no specific deadline mentioned, suggesting applications may be accepted on a rolling basis. You need to focus on improving how research is conducted and supported.
Requirements to check
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Must be based at UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding
This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.
This grant is for researchers at UK universities and research institutes that are eligible for UKRI funding. You should be conducting research into how research itself works and can be improved. This is not for individual researchers or businesses outside the academic sector.
Sectors
Regions
No published award history for Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Medical Research Council (MRC). Some funders do not publish their grants data.
Full details from Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Medical Research Council (MRC)
Apply for funding to undertake cutting-edge Metascience research into more effective ways of conducting and supporting research and development (R&D), including the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and the challenges of measuring research excellence.You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.
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