Applications open for Research Workshop Grant Scheme (Round2) – UK

These grants are intended to encourage and support a range of meetings and events to advance the exploration of the topic.

They will be able to fund up to 7 projects to institutions in Wales in this second round.

Streams

• There will be three streams in 2023-2024.
  • Wales Studies
  • Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
  • Early Career Researcher

Funding Information

• You can apply for up to £1,000 to support your project.

What they’re looking for?

• The key principles of the funding scheme are:
  • collaborative and interdisciplinary research
  • working with external partners to co-produce research outcomes and generate knowledge exchange
  • ensuring that principles and best practice of interdisciplinary working are adopted from the outset, allowing for the development of truly collaborative partnerships which will provide solutions to complex challenges
  • consideration of and contribution to the seven wellbeing goals of the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act
  • building partnerships in order to prepare to potentially bid for future funding opportunities

Who can apply?

• Proposals must involve two or more organisations.
• Lead Applicants must be working for an employer based in Wales and will be either:
  • a full or part-time academic employed by a Higher Education Institution;
  • a full or part-time practitioner or research-active member of staff in the public or third sector with a demonstrable commitment to teaching and research within said institution.
• Lead Applicants can be on a temporary or a permanent contract at their employing institution.
• The project team may also include:
  • other academic researchers from any discipline,
  • researchers outside academia,
  • members of the public or public-facing groups.
• A single event sharing completed or advanced research is not eligible under this scheme. The grant does not cover activities that would have taken place regardless (for instance, connected to an existing conference).

Criteria

Each stream has specific criteria that must be addressed in the application:

• Wales Studies
  • Outline the relevance of the project in a Welsh context.
• Early Career Researcher
  • Outline how relationships will be developed between early career researchers, potentially leading to innovative future proposals bringing disciplines together.
  • “Early career researcher” is defined as a person who has not yet established a significant level of independence. Postgraduate students are not eligible to apply for grant support from the Learned Society of Wales.
• Humanities, Arts and Social Science
  • Outline how relationships will be developed across communities of researchers, potentially leading to innovative future proposals bringing disciplines together.

For more information, visit Learned Society of Wales.