Funding Competition: Community Research Networks in the UK

Deadline: 14-Sep-22

The Innovate UK has announced the applications for its Community Research Networks – Expression of interest to support proposals to form a Community Research Network in their area.

Community organisations, charities and local authorities, alongside research organisations, play a crucial role in the production, interpretation and use of research.

The funding will help local areas by investing in organisations which can support the sustainable and equitable involvement of communities in research.

This investment will give these organisations the capacity to collaborate effectively, unlocking the potential of community-centred research and research engagement approaches.

Competitions

This is phase one of a two phase competition:
- Community Research Networks – Expression of interest (EoI) (this competition)
- Community Research Networks – Implementation

Funding Information

Your collaboration’s total grant funding request must be a fixed award of £25,000.

Eligibility Criteria

Your collaboration
- Your collaboration:
  - should start its activities by 1 November 2022
  - must end its activities by 30 April 2023
  - carry out its work in the UK
Lead organisation
- To lead a collaboration your organisation must be a UK registered:
  - charitable trust
  - registered charity
  - community interest company
  - cooperative society
  - local authority
- The lead organisation must:
  - collaborate with other eligible UK registered organisations
  - not act in any way to gain selective commercial or economic advantage from the outputs of this project
Collaborators
- To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be a UK registered:
  - research organisation
  - charitable trust
  - registered charity
  - community interest company
  - cooperative society
  - local authority
- For this funding competition, research organisation are categorised as:
  - universities, higher education institutions
  - public sector research establishments (PSREs)
  - research council institutes
  - independent research organisations (IROs)
  - non-profit research and technology organisations (RTOs), including catapults