ADR UK Research Fellowships 2022

Deadline: 24-Jan-23

Apply for funding to conduct research and analysis demonstrating the policy impact potential of key Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) flagship datasets.

Priorities

Priority datasets for this round are:
- Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO)
- Growing Up In England (GUIE)
- Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)

Scopes

They are looking for fellowship proposals that meet the following four objectives:
- useful research: proposals that will act as ‘pathfinders’ for conducting research and deriving insights from the dataset, and which showcase the potential for policy impact and public benefit
- useful data: proposals that will develop the data as a useful research resource for future users
- useful engagement: proposals that will foster opportunities between academia, government, the third sector and the public to allow fresh thinking to flourish and maintain public acceptance of the use of data for research purposes
- community building: proposals that will greatly boost the applicant’s development as a research leader in their field and include activities promoting the development of a wider community around a particular dataset or theme

Funding Information

The full economic cost of fellowship can be up to £175,000. ESRC and ADR UK will fund 80% of the full economic cost.
Funding is available for 18 months.

Eligibility Criteria

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.
Early career researchers, for which a mentor is compulsory, may apply. Please get in touch if you have any questions about this requirement or are struggling to find an appropriate mentor.
Researchers on fixed term contracts are eligible to apply if their institutions are willing to extend their contracts to cover the period of the fellowship.
Joint applications on a job-share basis are permitted for this funding opportunity. If your application is linked to another applicant as a proposed job share, please state this in your case for support and set out your proposed arrangements. They require both applicants to make separate applications for any joint applications.
They encourage a minimum time commitment of 0.6 full-time equivalent for the core research phase, although this can be split if proposing a job share.
They also welcome letters of support from other organisations, both academic and non-academic, as they are keen to ensure that research is relevant and well-received.
You may apply for either a part-time or full-time research fellowship, but the recommended minimum is 0.6 full-time equivalent.
You may also request funding for:
- salaries, plus nominated research support staff or mentorship time (early career researchers must have a mentor)
- travel and subsistence
- engagement or events specific to the project
- public engagement
- production of outputs, for example, blogs or policy briefs training (encouraged)