Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

ESRC is the UK’s largest funder of economic, social, behavioural and human data science.

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UKRI policy fellowships 2025

Spend 18 months as a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) core policy fellow, Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellow or What Works Innovation fellow to inform policy to address pressing national and global challenges.

You must:

  • be based at a UK based organisation eligible for UKRI funding
  • have a PhD or equivalent experience
  • be a researcher in an eligible discipline in accordance with the specific position applied for

DARE UK next-generation trusted research environment capabilities

Apply for funding to prototype the ‘next generation’ capabilities for federated trusted research environments (TREs). Applications from across all disciplines and research councils’ remits are welcomed.

Your research organisation must be eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.


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Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Polaris House,
North Star Avenue,
Swindon,
SN2 1UJ

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