EPSRC: EPSRC equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) sharing hub

01/02/2024

09/05/2024

EPSRC plans to fund one network plus grant – the EPSRC EDI sharing hub. The hub will provide leadership and coordination to support sharing of EDI good practices and 'what works' across the engineering, physical and mathematical sciences research community.The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £2,500,000. We will fund 80% FEC.

The aims of the EPSRC EDI sharing hub are to: provide inspirational EDI leadership and coordination of community led EDI activities across the engineering, physical and mathematical sciences research community model exemplary EDI practice in the formation of the team and operation of the sharing hub, including adapting and providing reasonable adjustments to enable wider participation and inclusive practices reach widely and bring together and share EDI knowledge from across the engineering, physical and mathematical sciences community, also drawing on work in non-Engineering and Physical Sciences research disciplines and from professional and enabling roles engage with underrepresented and marginalised groups to fully understand the challenges encountered and to support co designed action engage with businesses and other research and innovation partners such as the learned societies and special interest groups enable sharing and knowledge exchange of EDI expertise, good practices and ‘what works’ disseminate and consider how EDI interventions might be scaled up, embedded and broadened across the community to facilitate and empower action resulting in better inclusive practices and positive culture change. Including making the information readily available to the wider community support the wider development, implementation and evaluation of successful EDI initiatives and practice provide flexible funding to empower the community to initiate activities in gaps that are identified, that contribute to our ambitions to embed EDI good practice across our research and innovation community understand and measure the impact, added value and reach of the hub whilst it is active maximise the sustainability of hub activities.

Country of applicant institution United Kingdom Nationality of researcher Unspecified Applicant type Academic Institution; Commercial or Private Sector; Government or Public Sector; Individuals: Early Career and Emerging in Field; Individuals: Graduate Student or Pre-doc; Individuals: Mid-Career to Established in Field Eligibility Note To lead the sharing hub, you must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.