ESRC Responsive Mode: New Investigator Grants (Round Two)
UK Research and Innovation – Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Grants for early career social scientists making the transition to research independence, on any ESRC-remit topic. Supports a first substantial project as principal investigator.
- Indicative award
- $127k–$445k (total award)Page publishes £100,000 to £350,000 at 100% full economic cost, with ESRC funding 80% of FEC. USD figures are an approximate conversion of the published GBP range; no USD amount is published.
- Timing
- Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Open with no fixed closing date; submit when ready. Opened 29 September 2023, page last updated 11 May 2026. Awards up to five years (60 months).
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Postdoctoral
- Eligibility
- Must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding. Must not hold or have previously held an ESRC/UKRI research grant as project lead (postdoctoral fellowships excepted) and must not already hold a professorship. Applicants must argue their early career status rather than meet a fixed years-since-PhD cut-off.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- early career · social science research · uk
- Apply at
- https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/esrc-responsive-mode-new-investigator-grants-round-two/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
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