Pre-announcement: Doctoral focal award plus: innovating in data-driven research
Funding
Up to £5,750,000
Location
England
Applications
Rolling (always open)
The Economic and Social Research Council will fund one doctoral award to train social scientists in data-driven research methods. The funding is up to £5.75 million. You must be based at a UK research organisation that can receive ESRC funding. This will develop skills across different career stages in innovative data research approaches. The deadline is not yet specified as this is a pre-announcement. More details will be released later.
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Must be based at UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding
This is for UK research organisations eligible for ESRC funding, such as universities. It is designed to train social scientists at different career stages. Individual researchers cannot apply directly.
Regions
We will be commissioning one doctoral focal award plus to develop a cadre of social scientists across career stages with the skills needed to use data-driven research approaches in innovative ways.You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.
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