The deadline for applications to our £15m Strategic Fund for ambitious, interdisciplinary research projects has been extended to Monday 29 June 2020.
We have extended the deadline for the next round of outline applications to our Strategic Fund from Monday 20 April to Monday 29 June 2020 to take account of the challenges currently faced by applicants due to COVID-19. This will also give applicants sufficient time to consider the implications of the pandemic for their proposals in terms of focus, research questions, design and timetable.
If you are working on an application to our Strategic Fund and this extension has implications you would like to discuss, then please get in touch at strategicfund@nuffieldfoundation.org.
This is a rare opportunity for researchers to develop original and challenging ideas, to work collaboratively across disciplines, and to influence social policy in a period of rapid change and uncertainty for our society.
Through the Strategic Fund, we will make awards in the range of £1-3 million – increasing the scale, scope and influence of the research we fund. Grants from the Strategic Fund will be awarded throughout 2020 and 2022.
We encourage applications from universities, research institutes, think tanks and voluntary organisations. Our priorities are for multidisciplinary projects with the potential for lasting and significant impact and we will work with our grant-holders to make that happen. We are phasing funding over the next two years and applications can be made at any time.
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The Nuffield Foundation champions rigorous research that influences public policy and improves social well-being and individuals’ lives. We want to encourage arresting and ambitious projects that require the perspectives of different academic disciplines to re-frame the social policy agenda in the next decade. As an independent funder, our strength lies in our ability to give talented thinkers the freedom to develop original research ideas. We want to look back in five or ten years’ time and see the influence of our Strategic Fund projects and their impact in addressing the most pressing issues in our society.Tim Gardam, Chief Executive of the Nuffield Foundation
Last updated: 31 March 2020
