Deadline: 12-Jan-23
Apply for funding to develop Local Policy Innovation Partnerships (LPIP).
The LPIPs will be commissioned through a 2-phase competitive process. The full programme will make up to £20 million available over 4 years.
The programme will fund a network of Local Policy Innovation Partnerships (LPIPs) to address social, community, economic and environmental priorities that contribute towards inclusive sustainable economic growth.
Objectives
- Connecting and Catalysing: strengthening partnerships and collaborations between researchers, policymakers (local, regional, national) and other relevant local stakeholders, attracting resource and capability for research and innovation, knowledge exchange and skills to address local public challenges
- Local Insight and Understanding: identifying and understanding the opportunities and challenges in different places and their relationship to the national context
- Solutions Focused: working with stakeholders to implement evidence-informed, actionable solutions that reflect local opportunities and challenges, and supporting local leaders to test and trial innovative interventions to drive inclusive and sustainable growth
Funding Information
- The full economic cost of your phase 1 project can be up to £50,000. ESRC will fund 80% of the full economic cost. ESRC will fund up to 10 phase 1 awards for 5 months.
- The full LPIP programme will make up to £20 million available over 4 years, including the Strategic Coordination Hub.
Outcomes
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Together, the LPIPs and the SCH will support the following outcomes:
- a ‘what works here’ approach to local policy priorities, supporting areas with economic growth, levelling up, net zero, innovation, skills and societal resilience
- enhanced local research and innovation advice providing a single front-door for local expertise and advice in partnership areas, streamlining access to local public policy research and innovation capability
- supporting local action through contributing to local implementation, testing and evaluation of evidence-informed policy change
- improving UK and national policymakers’ understanding of local challenges and opportunities through improved access to stakeholders, local evidence and insights into ‘what works here’
- creating stronger and more diverse partnerships by investing in the capability and capacity required for multi-partner collaboration, bringing the right stakeholders together at the right time to progress local priorities
- empowering local communities and enriching knowledge exchange practices by ensuring people and grassroots groups are engaged, listened to and able to influence local agendas
Eligibility Criteria
- This opportunity is led by ESRC in partnership with AHRC and Innovate UK on behalf of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). It is open to interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral teams with expertise in any disciplines supported by UKRI.
- Teams will be expected to address social, economic and environmental challenges facing communities within the geographical area of focus. They must therefore demonstrate significant expertise across the disciplines relevant to the challenges identified.
- Principal investigators must be based at an institution eligible for UKRI funding. Teams may involve multiple institutions. The lead organisation will be responsible for submitting the grant application.
For more information, visit LPIP.
For more information, visit https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/developing-local-policy-innovation-partnerships/