ESRC Society Today

ESRC funds many schemes, competitions and initiatives. For more information, follow the links below.

• Research Grants
• Large Grants (annual)
• First Grants (annual)
• Professorial Fellowships
• Research Seminars
• Research Centres (annual) 
• Placement Fellowships (open)
• Postdoctoral Fellowships (open)
• Mid-Career Development Fellowships (open)
• Research Grant linked Studentships (open) 
• Business Placement Fellowships (open)
• Follow-On Funding Scheme (open) 
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
• Social Science Workplace Experience Programme (SSWEP)
• International Opportunities

• Grant Holder FAQs 
• Managing your grant on ESRC Society Today
• Research evaluation process
• End of Award Report form
• Uploading your outputs to ESRC Society Today 
• A-Z guide for ESRC grant holders
• Travel & Subsistence claims

• Postgraduate and Career Development Opportunities
• New ESRC Postgraduate Training Framework
• Guidance for ESRC Studentships and Fellowships 
• RO nominated contacts
• Outlets Eligible for ESRC postgraduate funding

ESRC Society Today provides a powerful search facility for ESRC-funded research and past ESRC grants. We also offer some useful search tips in our introduction worksheet (PDF, 2.3Mb).read more...

• Awards and Outputs
• Awards and Outputs Search Hints and Tips
• Research Resources

Interested in other areas of research? The Research Councils UK website is a joint portal for all Research Councils, offering access to the whole range of UK research funded through the councils.

• RCUK launch Global Food Security programme (external website)
• RCUK Energy (external website)
• RCUK Digital Economy (external website)
• RCUK Nanotechnology (external website)

• SportForce Pilot Scheme Grants - Public Engagement Events (deadline for applications 3 September 2010) 
• Transport Grand Challenge: Travel behaviour, habits and practice (EPSRC-funded sandpit) [external website] (call closes 8 September 2010)
• Users of the ESRC/JISC Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) are invited to complete a survey, the results of which will feed into the Council's current review of the Service.
• ESRC-DFID Joint Scheme for Research on International Development (Poverty Alleviation) - phase 2 second call (call closes 30 September 2010)
• JSPS/ESRC collaborative seminars 2011 (call closes 13 September 2010)
• Collaborative Analysis of Micro Data Resources: China-South Africa Pathfinder Research Projects (call closes 12 October 2010)
• Targeted Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: Macroeconomics (call closes 12 August 2010)
• Research Excellence Framework - Position Statement
• Lifelong Health and Wellbeing call - Phase 3 (call closes 15 September 2010)
• ESRC Community News
• Find out more about receiving funding opportunities via RSS

• Je-S (Joint Electronic Submissions System) (external website)
• Electronic system submission information
• Impact, Interdisciplinarity and Innovation - Expectations and Advice
• Applicant FAQs 
• Research Ethics Framework
• Research Funding Guide
• Je-S document return process 
• Questions about Je-S Electronic Peer Review
• Peer Review College
• Applying to the ESRC - an online guide
• Grant funding and success rates 

• Making an impact with your research
• Media training for ESRC researchers
• Introduction to knowledge transfer
• Guidance for ESRC research administrators and communicators
• RCUK knowledge transfer portal (external website) 
• Communications Toolkit
• ESRC Logo and Identity Guidelines