After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
When you're throwing everything you have at an ESRC grant application
May 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
When you're throwing everything you have at an ESRC grant application
.@ukandeu.bsky.social has for years produced high quality research on the UK's links with the EU.
Yet it now faces closure because of ESRC grant cuts.
Some 66 of us Parliamentarians (38 MPs and 28 peers) have signed a cross-party letter urging ESRC + UKRI to reconsider their decision.
Yet it now faces closure because of ESRC grant cuts.
Some 66 of us Parliamentarians (38 MPs and 28 peers) have signed a cross-party letter urging ESRC + UKRI to reconsider their decision.
December 18, 2024 at 1:51 PM
.@ukandeu.bsky.social has for years produced high quality research on the UK's links with the EU.
Yet it now faces closure because of ESRC grant cuts.
Some 66 of us Parliamentarians (38 MPs and 28 peers) have signed a cross-party letter urging ESRC + UKRI to reconsider their decision.
Yet it now faces closure because of ESRC grant cuts.
Some 66 of us Parliamentarians (38 MPs and 28 peers) have signed a cross-party letter urging ESRC + UKRI to reconsider their decision.
We won the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize for Outstanding Public Policy Impact last night. An inspiring evening, learning about projects making profound differences, highlighting the power of research (see: Yvonne McDermott Rees; @richardmoorhead.bsky.social; and many more)
November 21, 2024 at 11:46 AM
We won the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize for Outstanding Public Policy Impact last night. An inspiring evening, learning about projects making profound differences, highlighting the power of research (see: Yvonne McDermott Rees; @richardmoorhead.bsky.social; and many more)
We just published a paper on what the new NATIONAL DATA LIBRARY should look like.
It's very readable!
Lots on: accountability.. federated analytics.. code.. modular tools..
Thanks to @wellcometrust and @ESRC who ran a competition for these papers!
zenodo.org/records/1467...
It's very readable!
Lots on: accountability.. federated analytics.. code.. modular tools..
Thanks to @wellcometrust and @ESRC who ran a competition for these papers!
zenodo.org/records/1467...
A National Data Library: the Modular Approach
The UK National Data Library: Technical White Paper Challenge, initiated by Wellcome and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), sought visionary approaches to enhancing access to UK public s...
zenodo.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We just published a paper on what the new NATIONAL DATA LIBRARY should look like.
It's very readable!
Lots on: accountability.. federated analytics.. code.. modular tools..
Thanks to @wellcometrust and @ESRC who ran a competition for these papers!
zenodo.org/records/1467...
It's very readable!
Lots on: accountability.. federated analytics.. code.. modular tools..
Thanks to @wellcometrust and @ESRC who ran a competition for these papers!
zenodo.org/records/1467...
If only there was - say - an ESRC research centre on trust and governance... ah well.
On broken prisons, a besieged BBC and the problem of collective politics in a climate of mistrust www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a missing link in British public life – and it underpins crises from the BBC to our prisons | Rafael Behr
A declining sense of collective identity is corroding trust in our institutions and undermining democratic politics, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
If only there was - say - an ESRC research centre on trust and governance... ah well.
Also the ESRC and AHRC please and thank you
May 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Also the ESRC and AHRC please and thank you
Funding opportunity: ESRC Explore Awards provide £300k-£2m for ambitious, curiosity-driven social science pushing conceptual boundaries.
Opens Thursday 5 November 2026: buff.ly/ma4vKtk #SocialScience #ESRC @uoysbs.bsky.social
Opens Thursday 5 November 2026: buff.ly/ma4vKtk #SocialScience #ESRC @uoysbs.bsky.social
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September 25, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Funding opportunity: ESRC Explore Awards provide £300k-£2m for ambitious, curiosity-driven social science pushing conceptual boundaries.
Opens Thursday 5 November 2026: buff.ly/ma4vKtk #SocialScience #ESRC @uoysbs.bsky.social
Opens Thursday 5 November 2026: buff.ly/ma4vKtk #SocialScience #ESRC @uoysbs.bsky.social
Digit wins new five-year ESRC grant to examine the UK’s digital work ecosystem:
digit-research.org/news_article...
digit-research.org/news_article...
Digit wins new five-year ESRC grant to examine the UK’s digital work ecosystem • Digit
The UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has awarded Digit £8.3million for a further five years to study the UK's evolving digital work ecosystem.
The ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Wo...
digit-research.org
November 15, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Digit wins new five-year ESRC grant to examine the UK’s digital work ecosystem:
digit-research.org/news_article...
digit-research.org/news_article...
Bluesky inaugural post!!
The team who put this lovely video together about our work at the EU Rights & Brexit Hub have worked wonders, and such an honour to have comments from Ellie Sibley at the AIRE Centre - thank you!
youtu.be/EaYpCmVPNy8?...
The team who put this lovely video together about our work at the EU Rights & Brexit Hub have worked wonders, and such an honour to have comments from Ellie Sibley at the AIRE Centre - thank you!
youtu.be/EaYpCmVPNy8?...
Securing the rights of EU nationals post Brexit | ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2024
YouTube video by ESRC Social
youtu.be
November 14, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Bluesky inaugural post!!
The team who put this lovely video together about our work at the EU Rights & Brexit Hub have worked wonders, and such an honour to have comments from Ellie Sibley at the AIRE Centre - thank you!
youtu.be/EaYpCmVPNy8?...
The team who put this lovely video together about our work at the EU Rights & Brexit Hub have worked wonders, and such an honour to have comments from Ellie Sibley at the AIRE Centre - thank you!
youtu.be/EaYpCmVPNy8?...
I really wish announcements about new schemes from public funders like the ESRC weren't made via paywalled articles...
ESRC to pilot two new applicant-led calls.
Existing schemes will remain open, says leader of Economic and Social Research Council Stian Westlake.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Existing schemes will remain open, says leader of Economic and Social Research Council Stian Westlake.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
ESRC to pilot two new applicant-led calls - Research Professional News
Existing schemes will remain open, says leader of Economic and Social Research Council
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I really wish announcements about new schemes from public funders like the ESRC weren't made via paywalled articles...
One option is, of course, to create institutions that help universities do things better, which, I think, is what ESRC did with @ukandeu.bsky.social
Probably unpopularly amongst university academics, I think the near monopoly universities have on the social sciences is bad, and the creation of a serious non-university social science research arena would be good for everyone - including university academics!
Some thoughts on how we might increase institutional diversity in social science funding.
open.substack.com/pub/magicsmo...
open.substack.com/pub/magicsmo...
February 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
One option is, of course, to create institutions that help universities do things better, which, I think, is what ESRC did with @ukandeu.bsky.social
We’re delighted to have been awarded a further 3 years of funding by the ESRC and KCL.
This will allow us to realise our long-term ambition of a sustainable Centre, delivering actionable insights on the links between social change, inequalities, and mental health.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/esrc-ce...
This will allow us to realise our long-term ambition of a sustainable Centre, delivering actionable insights on the links between social change, inequalities, and mental health.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/esrc-ce...
ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health receive funding for 3 further years
The ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health (CSMH) has been awarded an additional three years of funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and King’s College London.
www.kcl.ac.uk
March 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
We’re delighted to have been awarded a further 3 years of funding by the ESRC and KCL.
This will allow us to realise our long-term ambition of a sustainable Centre, delivering actionable insights on the links between social change, inequalities, and mental health.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/esrc-ce...
This will allow us to realise our long-term ambition of a sustainable Centre, delivering actionable insights on the links between social change, inequalities, and mental health.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/esrc-ce...
Shame the ESRC didn't fund a research centre focused on trust, eh?
See also Starmer's talk soon afterwards of, "our commitment to international law and to alliances founded on trust".
He adds: "But being pragmatic does not mean being passive."
He adds: "But being pragmatic does not mean being passive."
January 19, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Shame the ESRC didn't fund a research centre focused on trust, eh?
ESRC Grow Awards offer £100k-£500k to help social scientists pivot careers and develop new capabilities.
Strong skills building supports their mission to drive interdisciplinary sustainability research: buff.ly/0LAScjs #ESRC #ResearchFunding @uoysbs.bsky.social
Strong skills building supports their mission to drive interdisciplinary sustainability research: buff.ly/0LAScjs #ESRC #ResearchFunding @uoysbs.bsky.social
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buff.ly
September 25, 2026 at 11:30 AM
ESRC Grow Awards offer £100k-£500k to help social scientists pivot careers and develop new capabilities.
Strong skills building supports their mission to drive interdisciplinary sustainability research: buff.ly/0LAScjs #ESRC #ResearchFunding @uoysbs.bsky.social
Strong skills building supports their mission to drive interdisciplinary sustainability research: buff.ly/0LAScjs #ESRC #ResearchFunding @uoysbs.bsky.social
Strong contender for ESRC funding to produce an open source publicly funded alternative. It's surely a relatively straightforward task for decent computer scientists at this point.
so it begins
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Strong contender for ESRC funding to produce an open source publicly funded alternative. It's surely a relatively straightforward task for decent computer scientists at this point.
Awful news for all the UKICE team, who provide such a valuable resource. I really do hope the ESRC reconsider.
End of an era. Gutted to have to announce this today. Proud of what @ukandeu.bsky.social has achieved and very grateful to all those who have worked with us ukandeu.ac.uk/announcement...
September 18, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Awful news for all the UKICE team, who provide such a valuable resource. I really do hope the ESRC reconsider.
So happy that mine and @stefaniereher.bsky.social ESRC grant application for a 4 year comparative project on disability and political parties was successful!! @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
So happy that mine and @stefaniereher.bsky.social ESRC grant application for a 4 year comparative project on disability and political parties was successful!! @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
On that note my faculty at King's College London has a focus on Euro-Caribbean security through such initiatives as this ESRC funded project on the impact of tropical storms on Caribbean state relations led by Nick Michelsen and Carlos Zepeda
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/the...
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/the...
The International Relations of Tropical Storms in the Caribbean | King's College London
This UKRI ESRC-funded project, led by Dr Nicholas Michelsen and Prof Suzette Haughton (UWI), examines international cooperation on Caribbean hurricane response.
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 11, 2026 at 12:27 PM
On that note my faculty at King's College London has a focus on Euro-Caribbean security through such initiatives as this ESRC funded project on the impact of tropical storms on Caribbean state relations led by Nick Michelsen and Carlos Zepeda
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/the...
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/the...
Woohooo, my application to get a drag artiste to do something for the ESRC Festival of Social Science was approved! 😁
May 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Woohooo, my application to get a drag artiste to do something for the ESRC Festival of Social Science was approved! 😁
please can someone at the ESRC just google the haldane principle
Economic growth may be a “personal obsession” for Westlake, but is this a good justification for ESRC funding policy?
September 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
please can someone at the ESRC just google the haldane principle
Try this? ropercenter.cornell.edu/esrc-project
Graph is Most Important Problem data, showing the % naming immigration by year
Graph is Most Important Problem data, showing the % naming immigration by year
May 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Try this? ropercenter.cornell.edu/esrc-project
Graph is Most Important Problem data, showing the % naming immigration by year
Graph is Most Important Problem data, showing the % naming immigration by year
👀 I'm hesitant to share as the deadline is in 2 days but this is such a great 'first step' opportunity @exeter.ac.uk
Postdoctoral Impact Associate
ESRC/UKRI FT in the Governing Sustainable Futures Project FTC September 2026 - September 2028
careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
Postdoctoral Impact Associate
ESRC/UKRI FT in the Governing Sustainable Futures Project FTC September 2026 - September 2028
careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Exeter | University of Exeter
View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Research Associate vacancy in Exeter. Postdoctoral Impact Associate
This ESRC/UKRI funded full-time post in the Governing Sustainable Fut...
careers.exeter.ac.uk
September 23, 2026 at 3:43 PM
👀 I'm hesitant to share as the deadline is in 2 days but this is such a great 'first step' opportunity @exeter.ac.uk
Postdoctoral Impact Associate
ESRC/UKRI FT in the Governing Sustainable Futures Project FTC September 2026 - September 2028
careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
Postdoctoral Impact Associate
ESRC/UKRI FT in the Governing Sustainable Futures Project FTC September 2026 - September 2028
careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
If only the ESRC had funded our research centre on trust - in particular the research theme on trust between countries/elites!
April 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
If only the ESRC had funded our research centre on trust - in particular the research theme on trust between countries/elites!
