ESRC Connect Awards (pilot)
Ref: GRT-O0CP250N
Funding Available
Between £50,000 and £150,000
UK Wide
All Sectors
10 June 2026
Grants & Funding
About This Grant
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is offering pilot funding to support researchers collaborating on novel, exploratory, and high-risk ideas. The aim is to connect researchers to scope, seed, and grow emerging research fields and new areas of inquiry. Projects must be led by a researcher from the social science disciplines within ESRC’s remit, though multidisciplinary collaboration is highly encouraged.
What Can It Fund?
- collaboration
- networking
- exploratory research
- pilot studies
- seminars
- knowledge exchange
- social sciences
- high-risk ideas
Funding Source
ESRC (UKRI)
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