Apply for Risk Research Support Grants Scheme (UK)

Funding Information

• The maximum grant is £10,000 over the remaining duration of the relevant fellowship award held by the applicant – applications will not be considered for less than £2,000.

Eligible Costs

• Project planning and development costs (cost of travel for discussion in the UK and overseas; initial workshops with potential partners).
• Travel and maintenance for the applicant, including travel to disseminate results of the research at meetings/workshops held either in the UK or abroad.
• Travel and maintenance for overseas scholars engaged in collaborative research activity with the applicant.
• Research expenses.
• Workshops or conferences to advance the programme of research (principally the costs of travel and maintenance for key participants, though organisational costs may be considered).
• Consumables.
• Specialist software.
• Language training.
• Costs of interpreters in the field.
• The cost of child or parent care may be considered if the carer is conducting research away from home and it is not possible to make alternative arrangements. The costs of normal regular childcare whilst at home are not eligible for support.

Ineligible Costs

• Administration, overheads or any other costs at the host institution.
• The applicant personally or their dependents.
• Purchasing equipment.
• Payment in lieu of salary.
• Replacement teaching.
• Advocacy or lobbying.
• The preparation of camera-ready copy, copy-editing, proof-reading, indexing, nor any other editorial task.
• Subventions for direct production costs (printing, binding, distribution, marketing etc).
• Costs of publication in electronic media.
• Duplicated costs (covered in a previous award).

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible for this funding applicants must be active postdoctoral (or equivalent level) researcher.
• They must hold an appropriate UK visa before the funds can be released.

Assessment Criteria

• The merit of the proposed research activity.
• The impact of the proposed activity on the applicant’s career development.
• The impact of the proposed activity given the applicant’s current available research support.

For more information, visit The British Academy.