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Funding for knowledge exchange
Not sure how to fund your knowledge exchange activity? We can suggest the most appropriate grant and help you make the best of your application.
This page includes the most significant grant opportunities for knowledge exchange. Please contact us to discuss as there may be other opportunities depending on your project. We are also very happy to advise and read drafts of your application.
Note that research funders increasingly ask for a knowledge exchange programme to be included within grants. For information on research funding opportunities, please scroll down for the link to Edinburgh Research and Innovation's webpage.
CHSS Knowledge Exchange Grant
The College of Humanities and Social Science (CHSS) Knowledge Exchange (KE) small grants may be given for KE projects engaging industry, policy, professional practice or the public with the purpose of mutual exchange and benefit.
There are three deadlines a year, usually February, May and October. The next deadline will be in October 2012 - date to be confirmed.
Please contact Anne Sofie Laegran and your research office before you make an application.
ESRC Knowledge Exchange Opportunities
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Knowledge Exchange opportunities scheme covers activities at all stages of the research process; from setting up networks to help inform the first stages of research; to the development of activities designed to apply previous research to policy and practice issues (previously covered by the ESRC Follow on Fund Scheme).
Please note this is a collaborative scheme and, as such, all applications must include 50% co-funding from partner organisations. This may be cash or in-kind. Half of this can be provided as in-kind support. Funding from ESRC can be sought for up to £125,000 at Full Economic Costing.
The scheme has three annual deadlines. For further details, including how to apply, please visit the website:
AHRC Follow-on Funding
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Follow-on Funding scheme is open to current and previous AHRC award holders for additional knowledge exchange that can increase the economic, social, cultural and/or policy impact of the research. Up to £120,000 is available over one year. The scheme will be reviewed in the summer and there may be some changes in eligibility and/or assessment criteria as a result, but the current guidelines are valid at least until September. Open deadline.
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards provide funding for a student doing their PhD with a non-academic organisation co-supervised by an academic and non-academic supervisor. The academic and the organisation develop the proposal and application. This programme has one deadline a year (in the autumn).
The ESRC does not have an open call for collaborative studentships, but collaboration is strongly emphasised in the new Doctoral Training Centre so there will be opportunities to work with external organisations there.
Scottish Funding Council Innovation voucher
The Scottish Funding Council has an Innovation voucher scheme to facilitate relationships between academia and Scottish Small and Medium Enterprises (private or third sector). The award is up to £5,000. The sum applied for needs to be matched in cash or in kind by the company. Please contact us before applying for one of these.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership
The Knowledge Transfer Partnership grant provides funding for an associate to solve a problem for a non-academic organisation under supervision of an academic. The partner provides some of the costs towards the programme.
Funding for enterprise and commercialisation
There are a series of funding opportunities from Scottish Enterprise and other organisations for developing ideas towards a commercial market. Please contact us for advice on these options.
Successful applications
Edinburgh Research and Innovation (ERI) retains a dossier of successful applications including several for AHRC and ESRC knowledge exchange schemes. Please contact us for advice if you cannot find what you are looking for.
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This article was published on May 17, 2012