Research Grants and User Research Grants

Grants to charities and organisations for accessible transport research, including a User Research strand explicitly created to fund research centred on disabled people's own perspectives where little funding has existed.

Indicative award

$50k–$1M (total award)Figures are in pounds sterling: the Research Grant Programme awards £50,000 to £1 million.

Timing

Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The Research Grant Programme is described as available across a three-year application window rather than a single dated call; User Research Grants are handled by the Innovation Team on enquiry. No specific deadline is published.

Who can apply

Community organisation, Practitioner, Any faculty rank

Eligibility

Charities and organisations conducting accessible transport research; applicants must show a clear research need, established research capability, and a commitment to involving disabled people's voices and producing shareable, accessible evidence. Individuals are not the applicant; a university researcher's usual route is partnership with an eligible charity or via the National Centre for Accessible Transport.

SSWR clusters

Topics

accessible transport · user-led research · evidence gaps · disabled people's organisations

Apply at

https://www.motabilityfoundation.org.uk/impact-and-innovation/research/research-grants/

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Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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Research Grants and User Research Grants

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