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

29/06/2023

05/12/2023

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 funder aims to bring together a diverse range of people with different expertise, experiences, perspectives, approaches and ways of thinking, who are working to establish a better research culture for everyone. The funder envisage this may include grant holders and participants from: discipline specific network pluses programme grants, research centres and hubs that are active in promoting and embedding EDI good practices EPSRC Inclusion Matters portfolio EPSRC EDI fellowship holders EDI champions and special interest groups across engineering, physical and mathematical sciences research areas The funding opportunity includes funding to enable agile responses to new approaches, scale up and embedding activities. This could also include secondments into partner organisations to help with knowledge transfer. Award amount max £1,250,000.

Physical Sciences and Engineering; Research Management; Social Impact Assessment

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 You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.