Deadline: 25 July 2025
If you’re working on innovative research in risk management or climate adaptation, you can now apply for funding through the Lloyd’s of London Foundation’s new grant programme.
Focus Areas
- They aim to support research in:
- Risk understanding and management for specific communities, and the greater good of society both in the UK and globally, which are aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Climate adaptation and mitigation, an issue that has real synergy with risk-related research
- Areas of research could include current and future climate and related humanitarian risks arising from a variety of trends, such as fire, flood, drought, changes to weather patterns and other natural disasters, both the UK and globally.
Funding Information
- Annual Grant: Up to £100,000 for a one-year project or £50,000 per year for a two-year project, covering salaries and core costs (including indirect cost recovery up to 18%).
Eligibility Criteria
- The Grant is open to both individuals and organisations, including (but not limited to):
- independent academic researchers
- university academics
- research institutions
- public sector organisations
- third sector organisations and Think Tanks (registered charities only)
- (re)insurance industry participants (where results are free and available publicly to all).
Ineligibility Criteria
- Projects will not be considered if they have:
- An immediate commercial outcome
- No clear research methodology
- Lack of academic excellence
- No engagement with non-academic stakeholders
For more information, visit LLOYD’S.
