UKRI: Pre-announcement: UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme

23/03/2023

30/10/2023

Apply for funding for interdisciplinary ideas that transcend, combine or significantly span disciplines. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI research council funding. This pilot scheme will support breakthrough or disruptive interdisciplinary ideas not routinely funded through existing UKRI responsive mode schemes. Awards will be potentially transformative for the participating disciplines or lead to the creation of new disciplines. The full economic cost of your project can be between £200,000 to £1.2 million. UKRI will fund 80% of the full economic cost. We expect to make around 36 awards. Funding is available for up to 2 years.

This funding is designed to support new interdisciplinary ideas emerging from the research community outside current disciplinary boundaries. We will support projects that transcend, combine or significantly span disciplines, involving different knowledge and methodological spheres. This is a new scheme that we are piloting over 2 rounds of funding, allowing us to assess demand, and test and refine our processes. We will run an outline stage ahead of inviting full applications. We expect research organisations to ensure applications from their institution fit the scheme’s objectives.

Research grants are open to: - UK higher education institutions - research council institutes - UKRI approved independent research organisations Check if you are eligible for research and innovation funding. You can apply: - if you are a resident in the UK - if you are employed at the submitting research organisation as a consortium, based in a single institute or across a number of institutions, your team must be interdisciplinary