ESRC 2020 Research Centres Competition: UCL’s internal demand management process

To comply with ESRC stipulations, a compulsory UCL internal demand management process has been put in place to select the strongest proposals. The process will be overseen by UCL’s Collaborative Social Science Domain
Only those Principal Investigators with Expressions of Interest (EOIs) selected by the Domain’s cross-disciplinary selection panel will be able to submit their outline proposals to the ESRC
Principal Investigators' primary research area must be within the social sciences. Please refer to the list of research areas that fall within the ESRC’s remit for further information
Deadline for submission of EOIs: 10am, Tuesday, 30 June 2020

Research Centres are major ESRC strategic investments. In addition to taking forward an ambitious research agenda and making significant economic and/or societal impact, they add value by increasing research infrastructure, building capacity, encouraging interdisciplinary working in social science and beyond, and enabling research collaboration in the UK and internationally.
Research Centre funding is aimed at experienced research leaders who require longer-term or extended support for research groups, inter-institutional research networks, programmes of research, medium to large surveys, other infrastructure or methodological developments, or any related larger-scale projects. Research Centres also have a distinct role in supporting the development of early career researchers and building new research capacity. They are expected to be high-impact investments over the longer term.
The Centres 2020 competition is open to applications of excellent quality in any area of social science within the ESRC remit. The call also includes a highlight notice in the area of Changing Populations, in particular ‘Connecting Generations’.
Full details about the ESRC Research Centres Competition 2020
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