Funding opportunity

Pre-announcement: UKRI Metascience AI early career fellowships

• Opportunity status: Upcoming
• Funders: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
• Co-funders: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
• Funding type: Fellowship
• Maximum award: £260,000
• Publication date: 9 January 2025
• Opening date: 13 February 2025 9:00am UK time
• Closing date: 10 April 2025 4:00pm UK time

The UK Metascience Unit will fund a cohort of early career fellows to build our understanding of:

• how the growing adoption of AI is changing the research landscape, including what metascientific, ethical, epistemic, and socioeconomic questions this raises
• how governments, industry, and funding organisations should respond

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.

Fellowships can be up to £260,000 full economic cost (FEC) for up to two years. ESRC will fund 80% of the FEC.

Please note the short timescale. This funding opportunity will open on 13 Feb 2025 and close on 10 Apr 2025.

This is a pre-announcement. More information will be available on this page when the opportunity opens. Please contact metascience@ukri.org with initial queries.