Racial Diversity UK Fund

Indicative award

$19k–$635k (total award)Page publishes grants of £15,000 to £500,000, most below £300,000. USD figures are an approximate conversion of the published GBP range.

Timing

Annual cycleAnnual cycle · OctPublished deadline: 2026-10-05 — 51 days awayOutline applications due 5 October 2026; full applications invited January 2027; decisions May 2027; earliest project start July 2027. Projects usually six months to three years.

Who can apply

Any faculty rank, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Community organisation, Practitioner

Eligibility

Applicants must be employed by, or formally affiliated with, a UK-based organisation. The Foundation encourages applicants from racially minoritised communities and partnership applications between researchers and those communities.

SSWR clusters

• Race and Ethnicity
• Black and African Diaspora Focused-Research
• Asian and Asian-Pacific Islander Focused-Research
• Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy
• Communities and Neighborhoods

Topics

racial justice · racial diversity · inclusion · uk

Apply at

https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/funding-for-research/racial-diversity-uk-fund

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