Grants to promote the Growth of the Social Study of Science and Belief

Aims of the INSBS Grant Programmes

• The INSBS grant programmes seek to promote the growth of the social study of science and belief globally, by supporting the ongoing development of an international network of active academic researchers.

Funding Information

• The 2023-2024 grants programme will fund Seed Fund projects of up to £10,000 and Small Research projects of up to £20,000, for a maximum duration of 7 months, between the dates of December 1st, 2023 and June 30th, 2024. Please note the grant end date cannot be extended beyond June 30th, 2024.

Eligibility Criteria

• They will consider applications from disciplines including psychology, sociology, history, anthropology, science and technology studies, and related fields. Projects they will consider may include:
  • New research projects (this can include data collection costs, dissemination costs and, where justified, equipment to carry out and analyse research data)
  • Teaching buyout/summer salary (this should be to enable new research projects, analysis of data already collected, or to develop a defined publication or output)
  • Impact and dissemination activity (this could include funding to enable non-academic beneficiaries to engage with, or feedback on, research previously conducted, or to develop new pedagogical approaches with defined outputs)
  • Research collaboration (this could be to enable researchers in different institutions, especially those working in different countries, to meet and work together on defined publications or outputs)
• Please note, researchers may only be the lead applicant on one application, but may apply as co-investigator on multiple applications. They welcome applications from academic researchers based in any country worldwide.

Allowable Expenditure

• Grants will be administered by the University of Birmingham and provided to awardees as sub-awards.
• Permitted uses of sub-award funding include:
  • Research expenses, such as research participant compensation or incentives, transcription costs, translation costs, reprographics, survey costs, and participant recruitment expenses
  • Salary costs and/or teaching buyout
  • Modest allowance for justifiable equipment, publication charges, software and other supplies
  • Dissemination and impact expenses, such as event costs.

For more information, visit INSBS.