Metascience research grants: round two

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.

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.

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.