The ESRC has recently announced two new calls as part of its Knowledge Exchange Opportunities scheme:

The Knowledge Exchange call is open from 1 September until 27 October 2011. This call is aimed at social science researchers at all stages of their career and at organisations in the business, public and civil society sectors, with the intention of encouraging dialogue and collaboration between these groups. There are two separate schemes:

The Knowledge Exchange Opportunities scheme
This is a flexible scheme that provides funding for knowledge exchange activities at all stages of the research life-cycle and is intended as a complement to Pathways to Impact.

The Follow on Fund scheme
The aim of this scheme is to provide funding for additional knowledge exchange and impact generating activities to follow on from a specific piece of substantial research that is drawing to an end or has recently finished.

Please note that both schemes are open to all researchers based at eligible UK research organisations. The Knowledge Exchange Opportunities scheme is also open to PhD researchers with the support of an eligible Principal Investigator (e.g. their supervisor). The Follow On Fund scheme is open to all but is geared more towards existing grant holders and those who have recently carried out high quality research. Both schemes particularly encourage applications from the business sector.

Anyone interested in applying or finding out more should in the first instance check the notes and guidance available at the links above. Please get in touch with us at an early stage if you’d like to discuss a potential application further.