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ESRC React Awards (pilot): outline

Apply for responsive funding to generate time-critical research to support UK policymakers or frontline practitioners in public services. You must be based at a UK organisation eligible for ESRC funding and have a confirmed public sector organisation partner who will use project outputs.

Published opportunity

Funding: £1,500,000
Location: United Kingdom
Deadline: 8 October 2026, 4:00 PM
Provider: UKRI

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Published criteria

Who this opportunity is for.

Funding organisation: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Location: United Kingdom
Opens: 7 April 2026, 9:00 AM
Closes: 8 October 2026, 4:00 PM
Requirement: Apply for responsive funding to generate time-critical research to support UK policymakers or frontline practitioners in public services. You must be based at a UK organisation eligible for ESRC funding and have a confirmed public sector organisation partner who will use project outputs.
Funders: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

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