Deadline: 14 February 2025
The Independent Social Research Foundation wishes to support independent-minded researchers to explore and present original research ideas which take new approaches, and suggest new solutions, to real world social problems.
Funding Information
- Individual Amount: €81,500 or £67,500.
- Maximum Duration of Award: 12 Months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Scholars from within Europe are eligible to apply. Candidates should be within 10 years of PhD award at the time of application. Career breaks may be taken into account.
- Applicants will normally hold a full-time or part-time salaried position which may be permanent or fixed-term at an Institution of Higher Education and Research.
- The awards are intended to provide full relief from all teaching duties and all associated academic administration for a period of (up to) one year. However, independent scholars or individuals not currently in an academic role may also apply.
Application Requirements
- All applicants will be expected to provide the following details as part of their proposal:
- An Abstract of the research’s aims, methods, contribution to knowledge, and value in realizing the goals of ISRF (300 words)
- The Research Topic: The project’s focus, problem, or question (250 words)
- Background: Established theses or paradigms in the field and their limitations in relation to the Research Topic (250 words)
- Project Thesis: In contrast to established theses, your hypotheses or innovative claims that the research will enable you to support (250 words)
- Methodology: Methods and procedures your research will employ, with description of your main disciplinary technique(s), including interactions across disciplines as required (250 words)
- Work Plan: How your methods and procedures will be structured over the period of the award, including share of work time to be devoted to award research (250 words)
- Outcomes: Describe project contribution, dissemination, any further steps and longer-term goals (250 words)
- Ethics & Access: If applicable, describe any measures required for ethical conduct of the research, including needed regulatory compliance, and to access relevant data/participants (e.g. issues relating to language, positionality, access restrictions) (300 words)
- In support of the Research Proposal, applicants are also prompted to submit:
- A Bibliography limited to two sides of A4
- An anonymized Budget
- An anonymized list of your own publications relevant to the work proposed in your application
- An anonymized list of your previous experience or qualifications relevant to this proposal.
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