Internal Funding Call: EPSRC IAA Impact Grants

25/11/2021

14/01/2022

Funding is available for short-term projects which will aim to create impact from prior EPSRC-funded research.

Priority will be given to projects which relate to the focus areas below: - Working with and through the Alan Turing Institute, the Rosalind Franklin Institute, the Henry Royce Institute and their network of user partnerships. - Support for activities which encourage business co-investment and enhance business/academic partnerships. - Impact activities which contribute to regional/place agendas. - Public Engagement where interaction is key to informing the research impact such as user or patient engagement as a critical pathway to achieving societal and/or economic impact.

Funding is available in two categories as follows: - Early Career Researcher Impact Grants This scheme is open to EPSRC-funded postdoctoral researchers and recent PhD graduates. Funding is available of up to £25,000 direct costs for projects of up to 3 months in duration. - Impact Grants This scheme is open to academic staff. Projects must link to previous EPSRC-funded research. Funding is available of up to £40,000 direct costs for projects of up to 3 months in duration.