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Funding Opportunities

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Public Policy offers a small amount of seed funding to stimulate public policy engagement activities among ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº researchers.

Funding Awards


Since 2017, we have awarded over £500k in grants, supported by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s HEIF Impact Acceleration Account funding, the Wellcome Trust and Research England's Policy Support Fund, to a diverse range of academics, disciplines and policy challenges.

The Public Policy team has also led or contributed to 18 grant applications across ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, bringing in £14m in external awards to support ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº research.

This includes:

  • CAPE project (Research England, £4m)
  • Behavioural Science Policy Research Unit (NIHR PRU, £4m)
  • International Public Policy Observatory (ESRC, £2m)
  • UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Mineralbased Construction Material (UKRI, £4.4m)
  • Catalyst Policy Summer Schools, (HEFCE, £400k)

Funding Opportunities 


Public Policy can provide funding opportunities to support your public policy career path. Subscribe to the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Public Policy newsletter for the latest information and opportunities. 

Fellowship funding 


The ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Policy Fellows programme provides ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº researchers with the opportunity to work directly with policy professionals whilst embedded within a policy environment. Offering an in-depth learning experience for early career researchers, postgraduate doctors and PhD students, our tailored partnerships provide an impactful policy engagement opportunity. 

The ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Policy Fellows programme is funded through an internal grant scheme held by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Innovation and Enterprise.

> Find out more and how to apply

Rapid Response Policy Advisory Scheme (EPSRC, AHRC, BBSRC IAA)


The scheme awards up to £10,000 expert engagement grants to enable the development/delivery of urgent short-term policy work in response to policy demand. Up to £10,000 is available throughout the year to ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº researchers from all subject disciplines.

Please note that we are committed to values of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. We especially encourage applications from under-represented backgrounds, or those whose research either directly involves or potentially benefits under-served or otherwise marginalised communities. 

> Find out more on how to apply

Policy Dialogues Funding [currently closed]


¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Public Policy is offering up to £5,000 for EPSRC projects to organise and deliver 'Policy Dialogues': knowledge transfer activities and events designed to foster engagement between research and policy.

> Find out more on how to apply